Narsingdi Bypoll Jan 19
AL bodies to select Lokman successor
District Awami League (AL) at an emergency meeting yesterday formed a 13-member selection board and a five-member advisory committee to select the party-backed candidate for the January 19 by-polls in Narsingdi municipality.
District AL vice-president SA Hadi, and general secretary Abdul Matin Bhuiyan, have been made convener and member secretary of the 13-member selection board while five lawmakers of ruling AL in Narsingdi district are members of the advisory committee.
"The selection board will examine the candidacies and send the name of nominee to Rajiuddin Ahmed, the minister in-charge of the district, following recommendation of the advisory committee," said Asaduzzaman, president of the district AL.
“If necessary, the candidate will be selected upon consultation with the prime minister,” he added.
Earlier the Election Commission fixed January 19 for by-election to the post of Narsingdi mayor.
The post fell vacant following the death of mayor Lokman Hossain.
Lokman, also former general secretary of Narsingdi town unit of AL, was shot dead on November 1 inside the party office on Sadar Road.
On December 15, Lokman's mother announced Kamruzzaman, immediate younger brother of the deceased, as 'family nominated' candidate in the mayoral race.
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