Oikyafront candidates’ meeting held in city

Oikyafront candidates’ meeting held in city

The opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front candidates, who contested the 11th parliamentary elections with 'sheaf of paddy' symbol, sat in a meeting at Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson's Gulshan office on Thursday to go towards the Election Commission for submitting a memorandum.

The meeting began at around 12:00pm and ended at around 1:00pm.

The two JOF candidates who won two seats in the polls were absent in the meeting.

They would go to the Election Commission office at about 3:00pm on Thursday to submit the memorandum.

Earlier, on Monday evening, Jatiya Oikya Front senior leaders turned down the election results and decided to submit a memorandum to the Election Commission demanding re-election.