Rangpur City Polls: Intra-party feud and selection of "wrong candidate" caused the ruling Awami League to suffer a humiliating defeat in Tuesday's mayoral polls in Rangpur city, said local politicians and civil society members.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said his party was aware of Jatiya Party candidate's precedence in public opinion in Rangpur City Corporation elections..“But we do not go there (Rangpur). We did not even fight in the election. We knew that Jatiya party candidate was ahe
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said “organisational issues” are partially responsible for Awami League’s humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city.
Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa, the Jataya Party-backed mayoral candidate in the Rangpur City Corporation elections, is leading in 200 centres as the vote-counting began at 6:00 pm today.
Jatiya Party’s Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa was reelected Rangpur mayor while the ruling Awami League candidate, in the fourth position, managed to bag only 8 percent of the vote in the city corporation polls yesterday.