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The ruling Awami League (AL) has sold a total of 2,286 nomination forms in two days after the beginning of the nomination paper selling for the 12th parliamentary elections.
On the second day, the AL sold 1,212 nomination forms while it was 1,074 on the first day, AL Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua told journalists after the sale of nomination forms on the second day at the AL's Bangabandhu Avenue central office this afternoon.
"Among them, 1,180 people directly collected the nomination forms from booths, while 32 aspirant candidates collected the forms online," Biplab Barua said.
He said that the Awami League earned Taka 6.6 crore through selling those nomination papers, adding, "Taka 5.90 crore was earned from direct sale of nomination papers, while Tk 16 lakh from online sale."
The Awami League earned Tk 11.43 crore by selling those nomination papers during the two days.
The AL office secretary said that the popularity of the AL has been increasing day by day, adding, "Candidate participation in local polls has been increased side by side Jatiya Sangsad elections. We expect that more or the same number of nomination forms will be sold by the next two days, compared to the last two days."
Besides, AL Joint General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud collected party nomination forms for the Chattogram-7 constituency.
Earlier, on Saturday morning, the sale of AL nomination forms officially started at the party's central office. AL President Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the sale of nomination papers.
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the sale of nomination forms on Saturday.
Later, Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, a member of the AL advisory council, first collected the party nomination form on behalf of AL President Sheikh Hasina for the Gopalganj-3 constituency (Tungipara-Kotalipara).
After that, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader collected the nomination form.
AL's nomination papers can be collected and submitted every day from 10 am to 4 pm till next Tuesday (November 21).
