The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has officially submitted the nomination papers for its Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as the party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential election. A top delegation from the BNP handed over the nomination documents to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Returning Officer of the election, A.M.M. Nasir Uddin, at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat in Agargaon, Dhaka, on Wednesday afternoon.
Prior to the submission at the Election Commission, a high-level policy meeting of the BNP took place at 12:30 PM in the Cabinet Division’s conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat. At the beginning of the meeting, BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman formally proposed and announced Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s name as the party’s presidential candidate.
The Prime Minister’s proposal, attending members of the BNP Standing Committee unanimously applauded and endorsed Mirza Fakhrul’s candidacy. Shortly after this final party approval, the BNP delegation proceeded to the Election Commission to hand over the nomination papers.
