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BNP Backed Narayongonj Mayor Candidate Boycott Narayanganj City Poll

Broadcast On: Bangla Vision
Date: October 29, 2011
News Summary: Barely seven hours before the Narayanganj City Corporation vote, BNP has announced that mayor candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker, who the party was backing, is boycotting the polls. No army has been deployed. Voters have been threatened in their homes, Abdullah Al Noman told journalists at a press briefing at the party chairperson's office.
In light of this, we reject the Narayanganj City Corporation elections and withdraw our candidate, he said. Taimur is set to hold a news conference at the district BNP office in Narayanganj city. The announcement came at an emergency press briefing at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office.