Even a simple CONGRATULATION to an election winner cannot remain simple out of S. A. Hannan without indulging in big lies, like the following:
- - - 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.
At no point in his public statements did Taimur Alam say that he is withdrawing his candidacy "because of non-deployment of army and EVM voting." He repeatedly claimed, sometimes even tearfully, that it was his Party's last-moment decision.
About non-deployment of army, both the EC and the Govt. were in wishy-washy territory. Before the day of the election neither came out cleanly saying that it did or did not want the army patrolling the polling stations. After the election, both are now taking credit for not deploying the military for a civic event like a Mayoral election. Ideally, there should never be any military presence in a polling event of an election.
Then, of course, the last bit of ridiculously false claim of S. A. Hannan, despite every pre-election poll that showed Taimur Alam to be a distant third, that Taimur could have won had he remained in the contest.
Anyway, Dr. Ivy's victory is indeed a people's victory in an important election. It was a moral victory over larhialbazi AL politics and the lie-mongering communal politics of BNP/Jamaat.
Hope the message to all the political parties is: Please do not push candidates with a criminal or a razakar-supporting past record. Ultimately people will reject such candidates. They are becoming more sophisticated than they are given credit to by the politicians.
Joy Bangla!
Farida Majid
To: hkbadal@gmail.com
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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