Mr. Hannan,
I did not follow the Mayoral election at Narayongonj. All I heard was that – there were two candidates from Awami League, and I concluded that Awami League will lose. But, the fact that one of the two Awami League candidates won the election proves that - BNP/Jamat candidate was extremely weak. Isn't it? I wish BNP/Jamat candidate stayed on Instead of boycotting the election.
His boycotting of election, reminds me of the other boycotts, for years, by the BNP/Jamat MPs. Boycott is like a virus in the BNP/Jamat camp. As I know, BNP/Jamat MPs have been enjoying all the perks (salary, and other privileges) from the government treasury for the service they never delivered. Instead, they have been busy with their own business and politics full-time. What a nice strategy!
I know - you will say that they are not treated well in the parliament. Answer to that – is this – you go and ask any Democrat in the US Congress; he/she will have the very same complain. I sincerely hope that - this culture of boycott needs to change to democratic spirit sooner than later for the sake of the future of the country.
As I hear, there were no major issues with the election; then, why BNP/Jamat is still crying for deployment of Army. Is there something we should know? If not, let's just accept the election verdict, and move on with the democratic process. In an election, only one party wins.
Jiten Roy
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Mr. Hannan,
Withdrawal of BNP candidate Toymur made NO difference in the outcome of the election. BNP tried their best to win; the fact is Toymur was always in the 3rd place in all polls. Realizing that BNP made a political decission and declared withdrawal of his candidacy just a few hour before the election which made no difference in the election result. People of Narayangonj voted for their candidate and Dr. Ivy won big. So to pose a question that had Toymur not withdrawn the candidate it is hard to know who would have won is just SPINNING the reality. BNP candidate Toymur was no factor in this election; BNP was trying to steal AL candidate Dr. Ivy and do something similar like last Chittagong Mayoral election where BNP stole AL man Monzur as BNP candidate had no chance to win; but in case of Narayangonj, they got beat by AL in that game. Basically AL's right hand lost to their left hand; at the end AL still won. It shows AL chief Sheikh Hasina's skillness. Congratulations to Mayor Selina and congratulations to the people of Narayangonj.
-Russel
Withdrawal of BNP candidate Toymur made NO difference in the outcome of the election. BNP tried their best to win; the fact is Toymur was always in the 3rd place in all polls. Realizing that BNP made a political decission and declared withdrawal of his candidacy just a few hour before the election which made no difference in the election result. People of Narayangonj voted for their candidate and Dr. Ivy won big. So to pose a question that had Toymur not withdrawn the candidate it is hard to know who would have won is just SPINNING the reality. BNP candidate Toymur was no factor in this election; BNP was trying to steal AL candidate Dr. Ivy and do something similar like last Chittagong Mayoral election where BNP stole AL man Monzur as BNP candidate had no chance to win; but in case of Narayangonj, they got beat by AL in that game. Basically AL's right hand lost to their left hand; at the end AL still won. It shows AL chief Sheikh Hasina's skillness. Congratulations to Mayor Selina and congratulations to the people of Narayangonj.
-Russel
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From: sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:34:08 +0600
Subject: [mukto-mona] Narayaonganj City Corporation Election : What are the Lessons?--editorial
From: sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:34:08 +0600
Subject: [mukto-mona] Narayaonganj City Corporation Election : What are the Lessons?--editorial
.Narayaonganj City Corporation Election : What are the Lessons?
Selina Hayat Ivy won the mayoral polls yesterday, defeating the ruling Awami League-backed candidate Shamim Osman by over one lakh votes.In the prestigious battle of the ballot, Ivy, polled 180,048 votes to Shamim's 78,705 votes. Though the BNP-backed mayoral candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker had announced a boycott of the polls only hours before voting commencedReturning Officer Biswas Lutfur Rahman announced the unofficial results at the polls control room around 1:00am today. He said the voter turnout had been 69.92 percent.Confident of victory through observing the trends of early results, Ivy in her instant reaction thanked the people for their wholehearted support to her and their contribution to making the polls free and fair. "Defying fears of violence they came out of their homes and gave their verdict against criminals, extortionists and land-grabbers." "It's a victory of the people," said an exultant Ivy, who portrayed herself as a "people's candidate" on the campaign trail after her party's central leaders had declined to back her in the vote.
Thirty-seven years ago, AL chief and prime minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman picked Khoka Mohiuddin, who suffered a heavy defeat and came third in the electoral race. This time, Bangabandhu's daughter and ruling AL chief Sheikh Hasina lent her support to Shamim over Ivy at the maiden polls for the newly formed Narayanganj City Corporation. But the people of Narayanganj had the final say. They sent, according to political analysts, a very significant signal to the political bigwigs. They stood behind Ivy, who is seen as a candidate with a clean image with a tested career in running city affairs as mayor of Narayanganj municipality. They voiced an emphatic "no" to Shamim, a former AL MP, who is alleged to have deep links with the city's crime ring. The polls results also exposed, believe some political analysts, the failure of the ruling AL top brass to read the pulse of the common people in Narayanganj in terms of the kind of leadership and candidates they expect in the future.
We congratulate Dr Selina on her victory. It became clear that she is the front runner after withdrawal of Advocate Taimul Alam.Taimur Alam backed out after BNP decided to boycott election because of non-deployment of army and EVM voting. If he remained in contest, it is difficult now to say who would have won. We do mot understand why Election Commission insists on EVM though there is objection from major parties and people are skeptical about the system. We have already expressed our views about government failure to deploy troops despite EC request which was binding on government as per constitution.
Selina Hayat Ivy won the mayoral polls yesterday, defeating the ruling Awami League-backed candidate Shamim Osman by over one lakh votes.In the prestigious battle of the ballot, Ivy, polled 180,048 votes to Shamim's 78,705 votes. Though the BNP-backed mayoral candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker had announced a boycott of the polls only hours before voting commencedReturning Officer Biswas Lutfur Rahman announced the unofficial results at the polls control room around 1:00am today. He said the voter turnout had been 69.92 percent.Confident of victory through observing the trends of early results, Ivy in her instant reaction thanked the people for their wholehearted support to her and their contribution to making the polls free and fair. "Defying fears of violence they came out of their homes and gave their verdict against criminals, extortionists and land-grabbers." "It's a victory of the people," said an exultant Ivy, who portrayed herself as a "people's candidate" on the campaign trail after her party's central leaders had declined to back her in the vote.
Thirty-seven years ago, AL chief and prime minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman picked Khoka Mohiuddin, who suffered a heavy defeat and came third in the electoral race. This time, Bangabandhu's daughter and ruling AL chief Sheikh Hasina lent her support to Shamim over Ivy at the maiden polls for the newly formed Narayanganj City Corporation. But the people of Narayanganj had the final say. They sent, according to political analysts, a very significant signal to the political bigwigs. They stood behind Ivy, who is seen as a candidate with a clean image with a tested career in running city affairs as mayor of Narayanganj municipality. They voiced an emphatic "no" to Shamim, a former AL MP, who is alleged to have deep links with the city's crime ring. The polls results also exposed, believe some political analysts, the failure of the ruling AL top brass to read the pulse of the common people in Narayanganj in terms of the kind of leadership and candidates they expect in the future.
We congratulate Dr Selina on her victory. It became clear that she is the front runner after withdrawal of Advocate Taimul Alam.Taimur Alam backed out after BNP decided to boycott election because of non-deployment of army and EVM voting. If he remained in contest, it is difficult now to say who would have won. We do mot understand why Election Commission insists on EVM though there is objection from major parties and people are skeptical about the system. We have already expressed our views about government failure to deploy troops despite EC request which was binding on government as per constitution.
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