The 11th National Assembly elections are going to be held on December 30. In the meantime, the allotment of symbols among the candidates has also started after the campaign has started.
The heavy-at leaders of various political parties are electing from different constituencies in the country, but this time around one seat, the country has created curiosity and that is the Dhaka-17 seat.
The main leaders of four political parties are now in this seat, two of them are members of the current parliament, and two former members of parliament.
The four candidates are Jati Party Chetner Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Bangladesh National Party (BJP) Chairman Barrister Andalib Rahman Parth, Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) chief SM Abul Kalam Azad and Trinamool BNP president Barrister Nazmul Huda are now in the eyes of the entire country due to these four VIP candidates.
However, 6 more candidates have been placed in this seat.
In this seat, the candidate of the boat symbol is the candidate of Awami League, Chitranak Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooq, Bangladesh Socialist Party-Bas candidate SM Ahsan Habib (Mai), Progressive Democratic Party candidate Ali Hatdar (Bagh), Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Aminul Haque Talukdar (Hatpakha), Alternative Bangladesh candidate Lt. Colonel Dr. (Ret.) AKM Saifur Rashid (Kula), Zaker Party candidate Kazi Md. Rashidul Hasan (Golapful) went to the polling field.
It should be noted that in the 2001 elections, BNP chairperson Khaleda Jita was elected first. Later, Khaleda Jita dropped the seat. Major in the by-election (retd.) Kamrul Islam became MP. In the 2008 election, Japa Chatterman Hussain Muhammad Ershad was elected MP in the 2008 election, and in the last election in 2014, Abul Kalam Azad of BNF was elected on the ticket of Aomi League.