The National Citizen Party is ready to field candidates in all 300 parliamentary seats in the next general election, the NCP chief organiser for the north, Sarjis Alam, said on Friday.
He made the comment while talking to journalists after saying Jumma prayers at Keramatia Jame Mosque in Rangpur.
Earlier, buying nominations and stuffing ballot boxes at midnight were practices in holding the elections but people would get back their voting rights this time, he said.
He said that his party wanted to represent in the parliament by being elected through people鈥檚 votes, Sarjis said.
He said that the leaders and activists of the party would visit 32 districts of the northern region to share his party鈥檚 ideology, hopes and aspirations about Bangladesh with the people.
Sarjis said that the NCP was launched just one month ago and it would try to choose honest, eligible and patriotic people for each of the constituencies for contesting in the next general election.
鈥楾he party aims at nominating candidates for all 300 seats across the country. It is a challenge for the party to select the candidates. But, we are used to in taking challenges,鈥� said Sarjis.
He said that people witnessed bloodshed during the student-led mass uprising and NCP would work on building a prosperous Bangladesh as per the expectation of the people.
Replying to a query about the structure of the committee, he said that the party would start forming the committees within a week and the district and upazila units would be formed by this month.聽
The party needs the strength and courage of the youths to move forward and it respects the advice and directions of the elders, said Sarjis, urging collective efforts of both young and elder generations for the party.
Students Against Discrimination鈥檚 Rangpur district unit convener Imran Ahamed, city unit convener Imtiaz Imti and member secretary Rhamot Ali, among others, were present.聽
