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10th JS Polls

AL to rely on fresh blood

At least 60 MPs may not get nomination this time; final list of candidates by Nov 10

Hasan Jahid Tosher
The rulingAwami League has primarily selected its prospective candidates in all 300 constituencies for the next parliamentary election, keeping more than one candidate in most of the constituencies.
The list of candidates will be finalised before November 10 when the party will start selling nomination forms for the polls likely to be held by the second week of January, according to AL sources.
Like in the previous election, the AL this time too will bank on the young and new faces who have clean image in their constituencies and good academic background.
More than 60 incumbent lawmakers, who have earned ill reputation for controversial activities, would not be considered for candidacy.
Besides, aging and inactive lawmakers, and those who have distanced themselves from the grassroots would also be left out, the sources added.
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More than 500 aspirants have been selected so far for the 300 constituencies. And the figure could go up, as more names are likely to be included in the list, said the sources.
If the BNP participates in the polls, the AL will share seats with its allies in the grand alliance. In that case; the AL might leave around 50 seats for the Jatiya Party, Workers Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Samyabadi Dal and other parties.
The party will conduct its fourth and final survey by November 10 to see whether any changes are required in the list of those selected through three surveys and view-exchange meetings between the AL president and grassroots leaders.
"The list will be firmed up after conducting the survey," a member of the AL presidium and the Parliamentary Board told The Daily Star on condition of anonymity.
AL leader Amir Hossain Amu, also a member of the board, said the party would give nominations a bit early to avoid intra-party feuds and ensure that the candidates get enough time to prepare forthe polls.
On the issue of dropping the controversial lawmakers from the list, AL presidium member Kazi Zafarullah told The Daily Star, "The controversial lawmakers will not get party ticket this time."
Clean image, popularity, competence and contribution to the party are among the criteria forchoosing candidates, hesaid.
"If the BNP doesn't take part in the election, we will nominate candidates in all 300 constituencies, as the components of the Awami League-led grand alliance will participate in the polls independently," said Zafarullah, also a member of the AL Parliamentary Board.
Party’s nomination forms will be sold on November 10 and 11 and the aspirants have to
submitthe forms by November 15, he said.
"We will complete the entire nomination procedure by this month," said the AL policymaker.
A good number of zilla parishad administrators, upazila chairmen and vice chairmen, municipality mayors, retired military and civil bureaucrats, former top leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League and other associate bodies, assistant secretaries of the AL central subcommittee, district and upazila unit presidents and general secretaries are on the list, said AL insiders.
A few former AL leaders, known as reformists, would also be considered for party ticket, said the sources.
The AL adopted a unique method to select the candidates. Top grassroots leaders proposed three names in each constituency on the basis of 10 questions about their image, education, popularity, financial strength and connection