Tarique, Shafiqur review poll prep

Two days before the February 12 polls, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman and Jamaat‑e‑Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman separately reviewed their parties’ election preparations around the country yesterday, party sources said.

Both leaders issued directives to grassroots organisers after speaking over the phone with district‑level leaders and candidates to assess the situation in their respective constituencies.

In the morning, Shafiqur met a 15-member delegation led by Ivārs Ijabs, chief observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission and a member of the European Parliament, at the party’s central office in Moghbazar.

Meanwhile, BNP chief Tarique held discussions with foreign journalists at his office in Gulshan.

Later in the evening, Shafiqur convened a meeting with senior leaders of the 11-party alliance, according to party insiders.

Shafiqur, Jamaat’s candidate in Dhaka‑15, is scheduled to cast his vote at the Monipur High School and College polling centre in Mirpur’s 60 Feet area on February 12.

Tarique, contesting Dhaka‑17, will vote at Gulshan Model High School and College in Gulshan‑2 and may visit several other polling centres afterward.