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AL sells nomination forms woth Tk 5cr on first day

November 18, 2023, 07:45 PM

AL sells nomination forms woth Tk 5cr on first day

Staff Reporter

The ruling Awami League has started selling nomination forms for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad elections scheduled to be held on January 7 next.

The party sold more than 1,000 forms on Saturday, the first day of selling nomination forms.

Nomination seekers crowded the area-wise booths set up at the party‍‍`s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue from Saturday morning. The Awami League sold nomination forms from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Saturday.

The party sourcers said a total of 1,074 nomination forms were sold on the first day of nomination forms. Of those, 1,060 forms were sold directly, while 14 were sold online.

This time, Awami League has fixed the price of each nomination paper Tk 50,000 doubling the price. According to the statistics available, the party sold each nomination form Tk 5,000.