Arafat Hasan of DOT
With just 3 days remaining till the election, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has announced to step out of the race for the Dhaka-17 constituency.
Instead, he will be extending support to the ruling Awami League candidate, ex-film star Akbar Hossain Pathan, more popularly known as Farooque, reported The Daily Star, quoting SM Faisal Chishti, a Jatiya Party presidium member.
Ershad returned home on Wednesday after receiving treatment in Singapore, and the first thing he did was reportedly drop out of the race in which he stood as the candidate for Jatiya Party.
Ershad is also contesting from another constituency in the northern region, Rangpur-3, but not under the name of his own party. He is there as a member of Awami League-led Grand Alliance.