Staff correspondent :
48 candidates of Awami League have been finalized for the reserved seats for women in the 12th National Parliament. The party will submit the final candidate list to the Returning Officer of the Election Commission next Sunday. Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this in a press conference on Wednesday.
Earlier, party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged views with Awami League’s party nominees for reserved women’s seats in Parliament. Later, the candidate was finalized in the party’s Parliamentary Nomination Board meeting at Ganobhaban chaired by Sheikh Hasina.
After the meeting, Obaidul Quader said to the journalists, ‘After checking the nomination form of 1553 candidates, 48 candidates have to be selected. With the permission of party president Sheikh Hasina and unanimous consent, I am publishing the name of the nominated candidate of Awami League in 48 seats.
According to the list, Rezia Islam (Panchgarh), Draupadi Devi Agarwal (Thakurgaon), Ashika Sultana (Neelphamari), Awami League Health Secretary Rokeya Sultana (Jaipurhat), Kohli Quddus Mukti (Natore), Zara Zebin Mahbub (Chapainbabganj), Runu Reza (Khulna) , Farida Akhtar Banu (Bagerhat), Farzana Sumi (Barguna), Khaleda Bahar Beauty (Bhola), Nazneen Nahar Rosha (Patuakhali), Farida Yasmin (Narsingdi), Umm Farzana Sattar (Mymensingh), Nadira Binte Amir (Netrakona), Mahfuza Sultana Molly. (Jaipurhat), Awami League executive members Parveen Zaman Kalpana (Jhenaidah), Arma Dutta (Kumila), Laila Parveen (Satkhira), Munnujan Sufian (Khulna), Bedaura Ahmed Salam (Gopalganj), Shabnam Jahan (Dhaka), Parul Akhtar (Dhaka ), Sabera Begum (Dhaka), Awami League International Secretary Shammi Ahmed (Barisal), Nahid Izhar Khan (Dhaka), Jharna Ahsan (Faridpur), Fazilatun Nesha (Munshiganj), Saheda Tarek Dipti (Dhaka), Anima Mukti Gomez (Dhaka). , Sheikh Anar Koli Putul (Dhaka), Masuda Siddique Roji (Narsingdi), Tarana Halim (Tangail), Shamsun Nahar (Tangail), Meher Afroz Chumki (Gazipur), Aparajita Haque (Tangail), Hasina Bari Chowdhury (Dhaka), Nazma Akhtar (Gopalganj), Ruma Chakraborty (Sylhet), Awami League Agriculture Secretary Faridunnahar Laili (Laxmipur), Ashrafun Nesha (Laxmipur), Kanan Ara Begum (Noakhali), Shamima Harun Lubna (Chittagong), Farida Khanam (Noakhali), Dilara Yusuf (Chittagong) ), Wasika Ayesha Khan (Chittagong), Dorothy Tanchanga (Rangamati), Sanjida Khanam (Dhaka), Nachima Zaman Bobby (Rangpur). Among them, Kanan Ara Begum was nominated as a partner of the 14-party alliance.
The ruling Awami League is getting 48 of the 50 reserved seats for women in the 12th National Parliament.
