Shahadat Hossain, chairman of the Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party (BLDP), joined BNP on Monday dissolving his own party.
He formally joined the party around 4:20 pm at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, presenting a bouquet to BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
“I have dissolved our party and joined the BNP,” Selim told UNB.
He said he will contest the 13th national parliamentary election from Laxmipur-1 (Ramganj) with BNP’s electoral symbol, the “Sheaf of Paddy.”
Selim said Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury conveyed to him categorically that BNP will nominate him to contest the Laxmipur-1 seat. He has been actively involved in all BNP-led democratic movements on the streets in the past, serving as the spokesperson for the 12-party alliance.
He contested the Laxmipur-1 constituency in the 2018 national election as a member of the LDP under the BNP-led alliance.