Demonstrations continue at Khaleda's Gulshan office

A section of BNP activists, failing to secure nomination for the elections, started demonstrating at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on Sunday morning.

“The demonstration will not yield any results,” an unidentified person announced from inside the office.

Supporters of some BNP leaders who did not get party nomination to contest upcoming polls on Saturday evening attacked party chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office and staged demonstrations there, reports UNB.

Several hundred supporters of BNP international affairs secretary ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon (Chandpur-1), Taimur Alam Khandaker (Narayanganj-1) and Selimuzzamn Selim (Gopalganj-1) gathered in front of Khaleda's office around 5:30pm and started demonstrating there.

They chanted slogans against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for 'depriving' their leaders of nomination.

The protesters demanded the party review its decision and nominate their respective leaders as candidates.

They even tried to break down the two gates of the office.

They also hurled stones at the office, damaging its windows.

Fakhrul, BNP standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Nazrul Islam Khan and some other party leaders were in the office during the demonstration.

Earlier in the day, Ehsanul Haque Milon's supporters kept BNP central office under lock and key for nearly an hour protesting the party's decision not to select him as its candidate for Chandpur-1 seat.

The protesters unlocked the BNP central office's main gate around 2:15pm giving the party high-command a 12-hour deadline to review the decision on the party's final candidate for Chandpur-1 constituency.