AL will nominate 48 candidates for reserved women's seats

Awami League will nominate candidates for 48 seats out of the total 50 reserved for women in the 12th parliament.

A team led by AL Organising Secretary and Whip Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon yesterday handed over a letter, signed by AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader, to Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam on behalf of 14-party alliance and independent lawmakers.

On Sunday, independent MPs, during a meeting with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, left the decision of nominating independent candidates for reserved seats in the hands of the Premier.

Yesterday, Obaidul Quader said the party will give special emphasis to the leaders who have been tested and stood out as dedicated while nominating for the women's reserved seats in parliament.

"The number of leaders who can be nominated is much less compared to the number of nomination seekers. We will give preference to those who are time-tested friends," he said in a press conference at the Awami League president's political office in Dhanmondi.