Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Supporters of a BNP leader have blocked the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway after he was denied the party's nomination for the Madaripur-1 constituency.

The demonstration began around 7:30pm on Monday, said Shibchar Highway Police chief Jaharul Islam.

Five BNP leaders had sought the party's nomination for the Madaripur-1 constituency, which covers Shibchar Upazila.

Earlier in the day, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the names of 237 party candidates at a press conference at the party chairperson's political office in Gulshan.

Among them, Kamal Zaman Nuruddin Mollah, former convenor of Shibchar Upazila BNP, was nominated to contest from Madaripur-1.

Shortly after the announcement, supporters of Saj...