Awami League’s senior presidium member Zillur Rahman is going to be the next president of the country. The AL chief, Sheikh Hasina, told newsman on Saturday at the parliament building complex that her party would nominate its presidium member Zillur Rahman as head of the state.

The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, leads the party’s senior leader Zillur Rahman to the swearing-in ceremony in the parliament building on Saturday.

Zillur Rahman was chosen as deputy leader of the Awami League Parliamentary Party, a position he will quit when he goes to Bangabhaban.

‘He (Zillur) is a senior member of our party. We want to recognise him first for his long time contribution to our party as well as the political arena of Bangladesh. He has played an important role in all our struggles including the language movement,’ Hasina said.

She also said they would nominate Zillur as the president of the country when the time comes for them to choose the president.

In reply to a query about Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad, who claimed several times that he had an agreement with Hasina about presidency, the AL chief said, ‘Let’s see what we can do for him. He will be in the parliament,’ she added.

Hasina also informed that she would meet with Zillur Rahman on Sunday.