Election 2008Two Former JP MPs Of Gaibandha

Failing to get ticket, they now to contest UZ poll

15 December 2008, 18:00 PM

K M Rezaul Haque, Gaibandha

Failing to get grand alliance ticket for the December 29 parliament election, two former lawmakers of Jatiya Party have filed nomination papers for upazila chairman. JP high command earlier nominated party Joint Secretary General former lawmaker Wahiduzzaman Sarker and JP Gaibandha district president former lawmaker Abdur Rashid Sarker for Gaibandha-1 (Sunderganj) and Gaibandha-2 (Sadar) constituencies to contest for the parliament election. Wahiduzzaman became lawmaker in 1996 polls as JP nominee from Gaibandha-1, but run second in 2001 general election being defeated by four-party alliance candidate Jamaat leader Moulana Abdul Aziz. Abdur Rashid Sarker won Gaibandha-2 seat for two terms as JP nominee. In 2001 national election AL candidate Lutfar Rahman defeated Abdur Rashid by narrow margin of 1,079 votes. Earlier, Lutfar Rahman won the seat three terms. On the date of election symbol disbursement, JP high ups asked district returning officer of Gaibandha not to issue 'plough' symbol to anyone who was contesting as JP candidate from Gaibandha-2. Prior to filing nomination papers for the parliament election JP high ups nominated two candidates from Gaibandha-1 constituency -- former lawmaker Wahiduzzaman Sarker and 'new face' Col (rtd) Abdul Kader Khan. JP high command later withdrew Wahiduzzaman from the polls race.