BNP is going to participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant after Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath of office.
At a meeting of the BNP-led 20-party alliance on Monday, Mirza Fakhrul said the party will also nominate a candidate for its reserved seat for women, reports media.
Fariduzzaman Farhad, chairman of National People’s Party (NPP), ally the coalition, told news agency UNB that the BNP secretary general conveyed the alliance leaders about their party’s decision on the by-polls to avert any misunderstanding.
At the meeting, Farhad said Fakhrul also explained the reason why the party decided to join parliament.
The meeting was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office with Fakhrul in the chair.
It is, however, unclear whether the party has picked anyone for contesting the by-polls and the reserved seat.
The BNP-led Jatiya Oikya Front secured eight seats out of 300 in the 2018 national election. Of them, BNP got six, while its ally Dr Kamal Hossain’s Gano Forum bagged two seats.
Mirza Fakhrul contested the election from his home constituency Thakurgaon-1 and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s seat Bogura-6.