Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Two former student advisors to the interim government, both drawn from the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, have confirmed they will not stand in the parliamentary election.

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, the movement's former coordinator and one of the student representatives who served in the interim cabinet, has meanwhile joined the National Citizen Party (NCP).

Another student advisor, Mahfuj Alam -- who led the campaign to oust the Awami League government alongside him -- said a day earlier that he would not be joining the NCP.

Both men said on Sunday that they will not throw their hat in the ring. Their possible candidacies had been a subject of intense discussion for weeks, but they chose the last day for sub...