PM to kick off polls campaign from Sylhet on Dec 20

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will begin her election campaign on December 20 through visits to the Mazars of saints Shahjalal and Shah Paran in Sylhet.

According to the party and PMO sources, on December 20 morning, the Prime Minister will go to Sylhet. She will then do ziarat of Hazrat Shahjalal’s mazar followed by ziarat of Hazrat Shah Paran’s Mazar.

In the afternoon, PM will hold a public rally at the Alia Madrasa ground which will be her first rally before the 12th parliamentary election.

The 12th parliamentary polls will be held on January 7, 2024 as Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal announced the polls schedule on November 15.

The deadline for submission of nomination papers was November 30, while December 1-4 was set for scrutinizing the nomination papers and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is tomorrow (December 17).