Chandpur-3

BNP men agitate for aspirant

30 November 2008, 18:00 PM

A Correspondent, Comilla

Local BNP leaders, workers and supporters became agitated as industrialist and young BNP leader Sheikh Farid Ahmed Manik did not get nomination from Chandpur-3 (Sadar and Haimchar) constituency. His supporters brought out a procession from his residence at 11.30 am Sunday. Agitated leaders and workers put the party office at JM Sengupta Road in the town under lock and key at the presence of police. They burnt the effigy of BNP nominated candidate GM Fazlul Haque and lay down on the road demanding change of nomination in the constituency in favour of Manik. District Sechchasevak Dal general secretary Jahangir Hossain Khan said, only Manik helped the party leaders and workers in the bad days of the party. He said they would take more programmes, if necessary. Some 14 persons have collected BNP nomination papers for the constituency. They include former MP SA Sultan Titu, Sheikh Farid Ahmed Manik, Mahbubur Rahman Shahin, former women MP Rasheda Begum Heera and Abul Kalam Azad. Former MP of the constituency Prof Mohammad Abdullah has also collected nomination paper from BNP. Local leaders have declared him persona non grata in the area.