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BNP ends interviews but tightlipped on candidates

Rakib Hasnet Suman and Rashidul Hasan
BNP completed interviewing its nomination hopefuls yesterday, but did not disclose names of the candidates to avoid intra-party rift.
Sources said the party's parliamentary board has already settled on candidates for at least 150 scats. But the names were not disclosed fearing those who have been denied nominations might create problems and some even stand for election as independent candidates.
However, they added, the high-ups have told some candidates that they would be issued formal letters soon after meetings of the standing committee and four-party alliance.
The meetings scheduled for last night were to seal seat sharing among the allies.
The candidates who were yet to receive letters gathered at the chairperson's Gulshan
office last night. They said things would be quite difficult for them if the party delays further when only two days are left for them to file nomination.
“It takes at least nine hours to go to my constituency. As I haven't yet got the letter, it will be pretty hard for me to submit nomination in time," Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, who has been selected for Barguna-2, told reporters at the chairperson's office.
Motahar Hossain Chowdhury of Naogan-6 told reporters that the secretary general had told them that the party would announce nominee list at the last possible moment to avoid hassles and wrath of the disgruntled leaders.
Sources said besides some new faces and the chairperson's counsels, most of the proreform leaders have secured party nomination.
Rizvi Ahmed, BNP office secretary, last night said the party would decide when and how to
unveil its candidate list. However, on Thursday night, he said the list would be published Friday.
On the other hand, the BNP-led alliance is also keeping a close watch on activities of the rival Awami league-led grand alliance.
Khaleda Zia-led BNP parliamentary board finished interviewing nomination seekers last night including those aspiring to run from Dhaka city.
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain sat with city Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka to pick candidates for the city seats.
Of the leaders who had been involved in the move for intra-party reforms after 1/11, Saifur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman, Hafizuddin Ahmed, Chowdhury Kamal IbneYusuf, Osman Faruk and Masud Arun have got the party nod.
Abdullah Al Mahmud from Chittagong adds: Chittagong City Corporation acting mayor M Manjur Alam Manju is considering announcing candidacy for his home constituency Chittagong-9 (Double Mooring-Pahartoli) as an independent candidate. He has been denied nominations by both Awami League and BNP.
"I’ll take a decision after assessing the situation and discussing the matter with my well-wishers," he told report-
ers yesterday evening.