Bangladesh Elections: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to contest in the General Elections

The Chairperson of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is confirmed to be contesting in the upcoming Bangladesh General Elections, the party leader announced on Wednesday. 

BNP Vice Chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo said the 79-year-old party chief, who is back in Bangladesh after getting her health sorted, is doing well and she will contest the election, the Daily Star newspaper reported.

“She will be elected from Feni because she is now in good health,” Mintoo told reporters after a views-exchange meeting organised by the Feni district administration.

The confirmation came after Mintoo’s interaction with Zia’s son and acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, who is in London and said that they believe the election will be held in the first week of February.

“I think, considering the current situation of the country, the election may be held even before February. Because there is a pending case in the Supreme Court regarding the caretaker government. If a caretaker government is introduced, the election must be held within 90 days,” he was quoted in the Daily Star. 

Zia has long suffered from liver cirrhosis, kidney disease, heart problems, diabetes, and arthritis and returned to Bangladesh in May after getting her treatment in London. She was in London from January and was welcomed in a grand manner in her country. She served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006.

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