Nasiruddin Patwari, the chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has purchased a nomination form to contest the upcoming parliamentary election from the Dhaka-18 constituency. He collected the form on Wednesday evening from the party’s temporary headquarters in Banglamotor, Dhaka. The Dhaka-18 constituency, the 191st among Bangladesh’s 300 parliamentary seats, includes wards 1, 17, and 43–54 of Dhaka North City Corporation as well as the Airport area covering six police stations in greater Uttara. While the BNP has yet to announce its candidate for this seat, Jamaat-e-Islami has nominated Principal Ashraful Haque. The move by Patwari signals the NCP’s intent to strengthen its presence in the capital’s northern region ahead of the national polls.