Delwar Hossain named candidate for 11-party alliance in Thakurgaon-1 by-election
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The Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary seat has been declared vacant following the assumption of presidential duties by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. In response, an 11-party opposition coalition has officially nominated Mohammad Delawar Hossain as its candidate for the upcoming by-election.
The nomination was formally announced on Sunday during a gathering held at the Jamaat-e-Islami district office in Thakurgaon. The announcement was delivered by the event’s chief guest, Maulana Abdul Halim, who serves as the Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami and director of the Rangpur-Dinajpur region.
Mohammad Delawar Hossain is a member of the central executive council of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the Assistant Secretary of the party’s Dhaka South metropolitan unit, and a former central president of the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir.
Hossain previously contested the 13th parliamentary election on February 12 as the candidate for the same 11-party coalition. In that race, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was the Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at the time, secured victory with 238,836 votes, while Hossain received 141,017 votes.
The Sunday assembly was presided over by Belal Uddin Prodhan, the district emir of Jamaat-e-Islami. Notable attendees included central executive council member and assistant regional director Principal Maulana Momtaz Uddin, regional team member and former Thakurgaon district emir Maulana Abdul Hakim, former Dinajpur district emir Anwarul Islam, and Panchagarh district emir Iqbal Hossain.
Addressing the assembly, Maulana Abdul Halim emphasized that elections remain the primary mechanism for establishing democracy in Bangladesh. He stated that Jamaat-e-Islami, as a democratic organization, participates in all national elections and expressed confidence that their coalition candidate would emerge victorious if voters are permitted to exercise their franchise in a free, fair, and neutral environment.
Halim further alleged that voters had shown significant enthusiasm for the party’s symbol during the previous election, reflecting public expectations for a Jamaat-led government. He claimed that despite the appearance of a fair process, the results were manipulated to prevent the party from securing a win.
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