Sunamganj-4: BNP candidate Nurul Islam unveils 11-point manifesto

Advocate Nurul Islam Nurul, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate for the Sunamganj-4 (Sadar–Bishwambharpur) constituency, on Thursday unveiled an 11-point election manifesto outlining priorities in education, healthcare and women’s empowerment.

Nurul announced the manifesto which also pledges agriculture, law and order, environmental protection, infrastructure, youth development, and tourism at a press briefing at the Shaheed Jagatjyoti Library in the morning.

The manifesto pledges to end harassment in accessing government services, strengthen accountable institutions, empower youth and women, promote youth entrepreneurship, and introduce training-based and work-oriented education. It also promises sponsorship of sports and cultural activities to curb drug abuse and crime. Key commitments include building a drug-free society; preventing terrorism and extortion; improving law and order; protecting haors; freeing rivers, canals, and wetlands from encroachment; and prioritizing infrastructure development.

In the education and health sectors, the manifesto proposes upgrading Sunamganj Government College to a full-fledged university, expanding maternal and child healthcare services, and introducing kidney dialysis and ICU facilities at Sadar Hospital. It also includes plans to modernise the Bishwambharpur Upazila Health Complex, provide mobile medical services and water ambulances in remote areas, ensure quality primary and secondary education in every union, and improve the standard of madrasa education.

For agriculture and haor-based livelihoods, Nurul pledged to provide lightning protection towers in haor areas, compensation for crop losses, support for the fishing and poultry industries, and transparent distribution of fertilisers, seeds, agricultural machinery, family cards, and agricultural cards at subsidised prices.

Infrastructure proposals include construction of the Surma Bridge and the Painda Canal Bridge in North Surma (Haluarghat and Dharargaon), establishing a direct road link between Fatehpur Union and Bishwambharpur Sadar, and ensuring safe navigation during the monsoon.

The event was moderated by District BNP Convening Committee member Manazzir Hossain Sujan, where District BNP Convening Committee members Akbar Ali and Advocate Mashuk Alam were also present.