The president and secretaries of district, pourasobha and upazila units of Chittagong and Comilla districts came up with the predictions during their opinion-exchange meeting with the Prime Minister at her Hare Road office.

BNP Secretary General and LGRD Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan disclosed the proceedings of the parleys to reporters after the meet.

Mannan Bhuiyan said that four-party candidates would win the next elections as the government has done a lot of development works in the last five years.

He said the PM urged the party leaders to "work for four-party candidates unitedly and carry the message of development to the countrymen".

Replying to a query about BNP's candidature in the forthcoming general election, Mannan Bhuiyan said the candidature was yet to be finalised.

"We have not finalised the candidature. A parliamentary body will be formed and it will finalise the candidature," he told the journalists.

The BNP leader, however, gave the preview of a choosy selection process as he said those people who will win the polls would get party ticket.

The Minister was also asked about the case filed by Executive Chairman of the Board of Investment Mahmudur Rahman against five trustee-board members of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Mahmudur Rahman "personally has filed a case against the CPD members--this is not a government case," he said.

Replying to another query about the debate over Karnaphuli Bridge, he said people of Chittagong are "very much enthusiastic" about construction of the pillar-bridge over the river.