Shahadat Hossain, chairman of the Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party, joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday, dissolving his own party.

He joined the party around 4:20pm at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, presenting a bouquet to BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.

‘I have dissolved our party and joined the BNP,’ Selim said.

He said that he would contest the 13th national parliamentary election from Laxmipur 1, Ramganj, with BNP’s electoral symbol.

Selim said that Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury conveyed to him categorically that BNP would nominate him to contest the Laxmipur 1 seat.

He has been actively involved in all BNP-led democratic movements on the streets in the past, serving as the spokesperson for the 12-party alliance.

He contested the Laxmipur-1 constituency in the 2018 national election as a member of the LDP under the BNP-led alliance.