Fifty-six elected members from nine Union Parishads (UPs) in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have formally joined the BNP, leaving the Awami League (AL) and Jatiya Party (JaPa).
The formal induction and discussion programme was held at the Puratan Lalmonirhat Zilla Parishad building around 9pm on Saturday.
Earlier, on October 20, the UP members had jointly announced their resignations at a meeting held in the Mahendranagar UP hall.
District BNP president and central organising secretary, as well as former state minister, Principal Asadul Habib Dulu, attended the event as the chief guest.
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Welcoming the new members, Dulu said, “Your decision is not merely a change of political party, but marks a new horizon in the struggle for democratic freedom. As representatives closest to grassroots people, you now carry the message of change.”
He said people across the country want their voting rights and democratic liberties restored and that BNP remains the ‘sole torchbearer’ of that aspiration.
Several of the newly joined UP members shared their personal experiences and criticised what they described as the AL’s ‘misrule’ over the past 17 years.
During the ceremony, each member received a BNP membership card and an umbrella bearing the party symbol.