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BNP yesterday said it will not allow any war criminal to contest the 11th parliamentary election with the party’s electoral symbol ‘Sheaf of Paddy’.
“I can assure you no war criminal will be allowed to use our electoral symbol Sheaf of Paddy,“ said BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, reports UNB.
Nazrul came up with the remarks at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office. When asked about some Jamaat leaders submitted their nomination forms to contest the polls with BNP symbol, Nazrul said, “Where is the problem to use our symbol by those who are not war criminals.” He also claimed that there are some freedom fighters even in Jamaat-e-Islami. According to Jamaat sources, some 24 leaders submitted their nomination papers to the returning officers in different districts to contest the national election with BNP’s election symbol. Some Jamaat leaders also filed their nominations to contest the election from different seats as independent candidates. BNP did not share any seat with Jamaat as the party nominated its candidates to contest the election with their symbol ‘Sheaf of Paddy’, said Nazrul replying to a query how many seats they are sharing with Jamaat.
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