Hartal enforced in Kishoreganj for BNP ticket

Being angered at the news that former judge Rejaul Karim Khan Chunnu is getting nomination, supporters of his rival Salauddin Ahmed Selu called the hartal.

They damaged the BRTC bus on Kishoreganj-Dhaka highway at Rashidabad. Two picketers were held from the BRTC bus stoppage and another from Sadullar Chr, police and locals said.

Vehicles on streets were lesser than usual and most business establishments remained closed in Kishoreganj town during the hartal hours.

While contacted Selu said, BNP men will accept any candidate but Chunnu in the constituency. "He is corrupt and black money holder", Selu claimed.

Chunnu joined BNP in presence of party chief Khaleda Zia at a function at Kishoregonj town on October 7. His joining was opposed by other nomination seekers, who organised demonstrations protesting his joining BNP.

In 2001 and 1996 elections, Awami League candidate Sayeed Ashraful Islam defeated BNP's Marud Helali in Kishoreganj -3.

Seven BNP ticket seekers are in the field. Among them former BNP lawmakewr MP Aabdur Rahman Khan and municipal chairman Abu Taher Mia submitted nomination forms to returning officers in Kishoreganj.