Jatiya Party sells 1,179 nomination forms earning Tk3.5cr in two days
Main opposition in the Jatiya Sandsad (JS) Jatiya Party will participate in the next 12th JS polls alone and nominate 300 candidates in all the 300 seats across the country.
Party’s secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu came up with the disclosure on Wednesday by making party’s position clear regarding the participation in the JS polls.
“Jatiya Party will contest in all the 300 seats alone for the 12th JS polls as the party will not participate the JS polls in any alliance”, Chunnu told it while talking to media on Wednesday at the party’s central office in the capital’s Banani.
He said, "The Jatiya Party believes that change of power is not possible without elections. There is something to be said about every election held in the last 33 years. Even those who won the election under the caretaker government said the election was fair. And those who could not come to power said the election was not fair. It is not possible to make the election 100% fair in the current election system."
Meanwhile, a total of 1,179 aspirants of the party have collected nomination forms so far in last two days earning Tk3,53,70,000 since the party inaugurated the sales on Tuesday.
Of them, 622 nomination forms were sold on Tuesday and 557 others on Monday.
The sale of party nomination forms and submission will continue till 23 November at the party chairman's Banani office daily from 10am to 4pm. The party will publish the list of final candidates of the Jatiya Party on 28 November.
The Jatiya Party has fixed the price of the nomination form at Tk30,000 for the upcoming national polls.
The party has said leaders of all levels of the central executive committee have to pay the due monthly fees and collect the nomination forms.