Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader confirmed the party’s position in the Upazila polls. “This is Awami League versus Awami League. “Please boycott the so-called Upazila election. - The first elections on party lines to the Upazila councils were held in three expired Upazila Parishads in 2017. - After staging a boycott of the 2014 parliamentary polls, the BNP backed candidates in the Upazila council polls held without party symbols that year.