Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad arrived at Kuakata tourist resort of Patuakhali yesterday morning to select his party’s mayoral candidates for upcoming Kalapara and Kuakata municipal polls.  He exchanged views with Jatiya Party Kalapara and Kuakata unit leaders and activists at his hotel and sea resort’s auditorium in Kuakata.  Jatiya Party leader and lawmaker of Patuakhali-1 constituency Ruhul Amin Howlader was present during the meeting. Later, he visited Kuakata tamarisk garden and dry fish palli (village). Patuakhali Deputy Commi­ssioner Amitav Sarkar and Kalapara UNO Zahangir Hossain were with him during the visit.