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Lakshmipur politics; AL leaders dominate, BNP organised but under pressure

By ABM Ripon in Prothom ALo, Oct 3, 2023Lakshmipur: Before the 2014 election, all four of Lakshmipur’s parliamentary seats were in BNP’s control. The party leaders and activists would consider this BNP’s stronghold. Then in 2014, all four of these seats slipped away from BNP. Since then, Awami League dominates the district politics there. In 2015, Miah Golam Faruk was made the district Awami League president and Nuruddin Chowdhury the general secretary. A section of…