The BNP on Thursday formed a 41-member election steering committee to run its campaign for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.

According to a press release issued on Thursday night, BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has been made the chairman of the committee, while Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been appointed as its member secretary.

Begum Selima Rahman and Shamsuzzaman Dudu have been named as vice-chairmen of the committee.

The party also appointed Md Ismail Jabiullah as the chief coordinator.

Other members of the election committee include Advocate Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Bijon Kanti Sarkar, Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, Dr Ziauddin Haider, Dr Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel, Dr Mahdi Amin, Saleh Shibli, AKM Wahiduzzaman, Dr Saimum Parvez, Rehan Asad, Jubayer Babu, Major (retd) Fazle Elahi Akbar, Abdul Qaiyum, Barrister Giasuddin Rimon, Humayun Kabir, ABM Abdus Sattar, Dr Mohammad Zakaria, Mostakur Rahman, Advocate Belayet Hossain Mridha, Mehedul Islam, Dr Farhad Halim Donar, Professor Dr Morshed Hasan Khan, Advocate Kamrul Islam Sajal, Professor Dr Harun Or Rashid, Engineer Shoaib Bashari Hablu, Dr Kamruzzaman Kaiser, Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat, Abdul Monayem Munna, Mrs Afroza Abbas, Monir Khan, Anam Khalilur Rahman Ibrahim, Yasin Ali, Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Kazi Md Selim Reza, Rakibul Islam Rakib and Anwar Hossain.