The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has appointed Supreme Court senior lawyer Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajol as the head of its legal aid subcommittee formed for the 13th National Parliamentary Election. The decision was announced on Saturday, January 10, through a letter signed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The letter stated that the names of other members of the subcommittee would be announced soon.

Earlier, on January 1, BNP had formed a 43-member central election management committee for the 2026 parliamentary election, with Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan as chairman and Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi as member secretary. Begum Selima Rahman and Shamsuzzaman Dudu were made vice chairmen, while Md. Ismail Jobiullah was appointed chief coordinator.

Barrister Kajol, who is also a member of the BNP National Executive Committee, was included in the 43-member central election management committee. He currently serves as the immediate past secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council.