Muktibani Online Report
Nahid Islam says decision taken at alliance meeting in Dhaka
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmed has been nominated by the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance to contest the presidential election scheduled for August 20.
Opposition Chief Whip and National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam announced the nomination while briefing journalists after a meeting of the alliance at the official residence of Jamaat chief and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman on Minto Road, Dhaka, around 1:00pm today.
The alliance’s decision came a day after Jamaat announced that it would take part in the presidential election, with its candidate to be finalised through the 11-party alliance.
