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Researchers to find right BNP candidates

Survey to be launched in a day or two

Rakib Hasnet Suman and Rashidul Hasan
BNP will launch a countrywide survey in a day or two to pick out prospective candidates “with clean image’ for the December 18 parliamentary election.
The party has already appointed 150 professional researchers to do thejob.
Besides finding suitable candidates, they will prepare a report on constituency-wise strength of the organisation.
Some BNP leaders however said the survey will get momentum only after the constituency re-demarcation issue is settled at courts.
Primarily, the researchers will confine their work to 150 constituencies. At this time, they will not
survey areas like Gopalganj and Rangpur that are traditionally Awami League and Jatiya Party strongholds.
The survey personnel will report to a high profile team appointed by the chairperson to oversee
research, analysis and the work on election strategies.
According to party sources, former energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman and journalist Shafik Rehman, among others, are members of this team.
Mahmudur Rahman, however, toldThc Daily Star last night that he has no idea about the survey.
BNP insiders said Shafik Rehman will play a key role as a member of the team that has already set a number of questions for the respondents.
"We hope the researchers will leave the capital for the constituencies within a day or two," a member of the team told The Daily Star last night.
He also said at least three would FROM PAGE 1
be included on the list of prospective contenders against each constituency.
The surrey will look for candidates irrespective of if they are reformists or non-reformists. We need the ones who are popular among the voters and have unblemished character"
Party insiders said the pollsters will draw on different sources including party rank and file, locals and socially aware individuals for information,
A senior BNP leader told The Daffy Star, "It s crucially important for us to find good candidates as many of our leaders have already been convicted, accused or on the run."
Meanwhile. 12 sub-committees formed by Chairperson Khaleda Zia have started working to draw up party strategies for the upcoming polls.
Some of the sub-committees will provide legal help for the party's detained leaders, and deal with me foreign diplomats and the media.
Snafik Rehman will work as office adviser' to the chairperson and his responsibilities include overseeing research, analysts and coordination between the teams.
Khaleda Zia on Saturday said party leaden have been assigned to draw up the polls strategies. Besides, subcommittees have been formed to prepare comprehensive plans for nauon-bufldingaftcrthedection.
Former energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman will lead a group of former bureaucrats in drawing up electoral strategies and a manifesto.
Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain will lead a team titled 'think-tank that will worktosetstanccs on different political issues.
MK Anwar, Nazrul Islam Khan, Abdul Mannan and Rizvi Ahmed are the other members of Delwar's committee.
Justice TH Khan will lead a commit -tee to provide legal assistance for the detained party leaders. His team will work to ensure participation of some leaders who stand accused in corruption cases. Justice Habibul Islam Bhuiyan, Nawsad Zamir, Mir Helal, Kaisar Kamal and Nasir Uddin Asim will help him in the job.
A sub-committee led by standing committee member Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky is workingon party registration with the Election Commission. Vice-president MK Anwar, Joint Secretary General Nazrul Islam Khan and chairperson's Adviser Mushfiqur Rahman are the other members of the committee.
Khandaker Del war will co-ordinate the work of the committee. It was this committee's decision following which BNP yesterday applied to the commis-sion for extension of registration time
A former foreign secretary will lead a team to deal with the foreign diplomats. His team includes Nazrul Islam Khan, former foreign adviser Rcaz Rahman, chairperson's Adviser Mushfiqur Rahman and lawyer Nawsad Zamir.