Khaleda to contest in election from her birthplace Dinajpur, alongside Feni, Bogura seatsBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will contest from three parliamentary constituencies in the next national election -- marking the first time she will run from her birthplace, Dinajpur. Khaleda Zia, whose ancestral home lies in Feni, has been elected from this seat five times -- in 1991, February 1996, June 1996, 2001, and 2008. Locals often chant, “Fenir meye Khaleda, gorbo moder alada” (Khaleda, the daughter of Feni, our pride). When she vacated the seat after the 2001 election, her younger brother Sayeed Eskander won the subsequent by-election. Of the 12 parliamentary elections held there, the BNP won three times -- in 1979, 1996, and 2001.
