[ALOCHONA] AL discards fly off the handle

AL discards fly off the handle

Courtesy Daily Star Report 19/11/08

 

Awami League's nomination of candidates in the upcoming parliamentary polls kicked up an uproar among grassroots leaders, activists and supporters in some constituencies, with protesters donning shrouds in the capital.

Aggrieved supporters of leaders who failed to get nominations demonstrated outside party chief Sheikh Hasina's residence Sudha Sadan at Dhanmondi yesterday. They chanted slogans demanding cancellation of nominations ignoring the proposals from grassroots level party committees for the constituencies concerned.

Wearing shrouds, supporters of Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan, who has not been nominated for Chadpur-4 constituency, demonstrated there from morning till afternoon, demanding party ticket for him.

Reports received from different districts said a number of grassroots leaders resigned protesting the party nominations.

Our Patuakahli correspondent reports: A section of leaders and activists of Galachipa units of the AL and its wings protested nomination of Golam Maula Roni for Patuakhali-3 constituency. Some leaders submitted resignation to the district AL president.

In their resignation letters, they said the party selected its candidate ignoring grassroots' proposal for nominating AKM Jahangir Hossain.

In Chandpur, leaders and activists of the AL and its front organisations vandalised party offices protesting nomination of Shafiqur Rahman for Chandpur-4 constituency.

They burnt an effigy of Shafiq, held rallies and formed a human chain in the district town, demanding party ticket for Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan.

Reports from Jhenidah said aggrieved party men ransacked the district AL and Moheshpur upazila AL offices.

Police arrested five grassroots leaders.

The demonstrators demanded re-considering the nominations.

In Rajshahi, several hundred AL men held protest meetings, formed a human chain, and observed a token hunger strike. They deplored ignoring the grassroots' selection of candidates, and threatened to 'nominate' them.

A report from Dinajpur said protesters barricaded Dinajpur-Bochaganj road for several hours demanding party ticket for Shatish Chandra Roy for Dinajpur-2 constituency.

In Noagoan, demonstrators called for change of the nomination given for Noagaon-4 constituency.

A report from Bogra said AL leaders and activists formed human chain and observed a token hunger strike protesting nomination of candidates for Bogra-2, 3 and 5 constituencies, ignoring the grassroots' proposals.

Moreover, reports of protests were received from Sylhet, Mymensingh, Narail, Khulna, Satkhira, Pabna, Kushtia, Shairatpur, Nilphamari and some other districts.

 

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