BNP has prioritised a combination of old guards and new faces while nominating candidates for the Dhaka constituencies in the upcoming 13th national election.
The party yesterday announced its probable candidates for 13 of the 20 constituencies in Dhaka. It has yet to announce candidates for Dhaka 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 18 and 20.
BNP sources said these seats are either being kept for possible alliance partners or are under further consideration.
Among the alliance candidates, Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho is expected to contest from Dhaka-17, the same seat he ran for in 2018.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Democratic Movement Chairman Bobby Hajjaj has reportedly received BNP's approval to contest from Dhaka-13.
In Dhaka-1, Khandakar Abu Ashfaque, president of Dhaka district BNP, has been nominated. He also contested the 2018 election from the same seat.
In Dhaka-2, former state minister Aman Ullah Aman has been selected. His son, Irfan Ibne Aman, was the BNP candidate in 2018.
Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a BNP standing committee member, will contest from Dhaka-3, as he did in 2018.
Tanvir Ahmed Rabin, member secretary of Dhaka City South BNP and son of former MP Salahuddin Ahmed, has been nominated for Dhaka-4. Salahuddin contested the seat in 2018.
Nabi Ullah Nabi has been nominated for Dhaka-5, a seat he also contested in 2018.
Ishraq Hossain, son of late Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, has been chosen for Dhaka-6.
In 2018, Gano Forum leader Subrata Chowdhury contested this seat as an alliance candidate.
BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas will again contest from Dhaka-8, where he also ran in 2018.
In Dhaka-11, MA Quaiyum, founding president of Dhaka City North BNP, has been nominated. His wife, Shamim Ara Begum, contested the seat in 2018.
Former Dhaka City North BNP president Saiful Alam Nirob has been nominated for Dhaka-12. He also ran in 2018 with BNP's ticket.
In Dhaka-14, Sanjida Islam Tuli, coordinator of Mayer Daak, a platform for families of victims of enforced disappearance, has received the primary nomination.
In 2018, Syed Abu Bakar Siddique, son of former BNP lawmaker SA Khaleq, contested the seat from BNP.
For Dhaka-15, Shafiqul Islam Khan, former acting general secretary of Jubo Dal, has been nominated. In 2018, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Md Shafiqur Rahman contested this seat as an alliance candidate.
Aminul Haque, convener of Dhaka City North BNP and a former national footballer, has been selected for Dhaka-16.
In Dhaka-19, former BNP lawmaker Dewan Mohammad Salauddin has been nominated. He also contested from the seat in 2018.
For the remaining constituencies, BNP has yet to make final decisions.
In the 2018 election, Mostafa Mohsin Montu of Gano Forum contested Dhaka-7, while Afroza Abbas, BNP Women's Party president and wife of Mirza Abbas, contested Dhaka-9.
Among others, former state minister Abdul Mannan contested Dhaka-10; Md Abdus Salam, adviser to Khaleda Zia, contested Dhaka-13; Shaheed Uddin Mahmud of Jatiya Oikya Front contested Dhaka-18; and Tamij Uddin, former Dhamrai upazila chairman, contested Dhaka-20 with BNP's ticket or as an alliance member.
