Dhaka, March 25 -- Nationalist Citizens' Party (NCP) leader Sarjis Alam has tried to explain how he managed to organise a convoy of 100 vehicles for his visit to his home district Panchagarh, where he looks set to seek his party's nomination for a parliamentary seat.

Responding to a Facebook post by Tasnim Jara, another leader of NCP, Sarjis attributed it to his family's generosity, particularly the inheritance left behind for him by his grandfather.

In his Facebook status, he said, "More than half of the vehicles were arranged voluntarily by my family members, relatives, friends, and well-wishers from the district, and we did not bear the expenses for those. For the remaining 50 vehicles, we paid approximately Tk 3 lakh, with each vehi...