BNP to join upcoming mayoral polls

As the gathering's objective is to hold all the five mayoral presents on show its notoriety and lift the resolve of its adherents in front of the following general decision, BNP looks improbable to offer assignment to its three existing leaders, including those of Barisal and Gazipur, in the up and coming city surveys, reports UNB. 

Despite the fact that the gathering appears to be caught up with seeking after a development looking for the arrival of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, its senior pioneers said they have effectively finished their full scale arrangements to join the five city enterprise surveys prone to be held by July next according to Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda's Thursday's declaration. 

Conversing with UNB, various BNP senior pioneers said their gathering will join the city surveys under any conditions, yet they are probably not going to report it before the revelation of the surveys plan as a feature of its methodology to mount weight on the legislature and the Election Commission (EC) to make a level-playing field and stop 'abusive acts' against the gathering general population. 

They said they are currently working out a few methodologies to guarantee the triumph of the gathering and a sound decision. 

As a major aspect of the methodology, BNP's most imperative organization together accomplice Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami may put hopefuls autonomously in the five urban areas, with the goal that BNP can get support of some dynamic gatherings like Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, Gono Forum, Nagorik Oikya and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) in the five city surveys. 

Also, the gathering will shape zone based groups joining adolescents for doing monstrous electioneering for the gathering competitors and guarantee the nearness of voters and check vote apparatus and control. 

"We'll join the race as we're certain that we'll have the capacity to hold all the five mayoral posts if the decision is held in a base reasonable and dependable way. We've nothing to lose in the surveys. 

On the off chance that we win, it'll show our notoriety and stimulate our gathering pioneers and activists. In the event that we lose in fixed surveys, it will legitimize our interest for holding the general race under a non-party impartial organization," said a BNP standing board of trustees part wishing secrecy. 

He said they are doing some basis, including settling intra-party clashes and taking conclusions of gathering grassroots pioneers about the conceivable party mayoral applicants. 

The BNP policymaker said their gathering may introduce Mojibur Rahman Sarwar as BNP leader contender for Barisal city surveys dropping existing chairman Ahsan Habib Kamal while Hasanuzzaman Sarkar for Gazipur changing officeholder chairman MA Mannan and ShafiqulAlam Mona for Khulna city supplanting him with current leader Moniruzzaman Moni. 

He likewise said it is relatively sure that current Rajshahi leader Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and Sylhet chairman Ariful Huq Chowdhury will get party designation advance for the following surveys. 

Reached, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they will conclude their choice on joining the city surveys watching the general political circumstance in the nation. 

He said the Election Commission must make a level-playing field and equivalent open doors for all gatherings for participatory decisions to the city companies. 

The BNP pioneer additionally said now there is no reasonable condition for their gathering to participate in the surveys as the legislature is capturing and bugging their gathering pioneers and activists in 'false' cases and not enabling their gathering to hold mobilizes and gatherings while the Prime Minister and priests are completing surveys battle spending open cash. 

"We joined all the neighborhood body surveys under the present government prior before. Be that as it may, it's currently a changed circumstance as the administration sent our administrator in prison and pressed majority rule space for us. Along these lines, we'll need to reexamine about joining the five city surveys," BNP standing council part Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told UNB. 

He said they will take choice in regards to the surveys at the correct time after expound discourses with party pioneers and in interview with their acting director Tarique Rahman. "We'll nearly screen what activities the administration and the Election Commission are taking for holding the city decisions in a valid way." 

BNP bad habit administrator Mohammad Shahjahan stated, "A large portion of the nearby body surveys were not reasonable under the present government, however we joined those previously. We need to partake in the city surveys too, yet the legislature and the EC must make such extension for us." 

He said their gathering has hard and fast arrangements for participating in the surveys and their director Khaleda Zia gave them essential bearings about it before going to imprison. 

Shahjahan indicated that they may put new faces as the gathering hopefuls in a few urban areas this time if BNP chooses to join the city surveys. "Our acting administrator and gathering standing board of trustees will settle on it surveying execution of the chairmen and taking feelings of the grassroots pioneers."