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CITY POLLS

AL urges PM not to visit Sylhet

Complaint against Saifur

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
A complaint was lodged with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) yesterday against Finance Minister Saifur Rahman for alleged violation of election code of conduct.
The Sylhet City Corporation election is scheduled for March 20.
Advocate Faruque Ahmed Chowdhury in his complainant said the finance minister is trying to influence voters at public meetings by saying that there would be no development work if ruling BNP-backed mayoral candidate MA Haque is not voted.
Saifur, who is a parliament member from the city, made such statements at several public meetings including the one held at the Government Alia Madrassah Maidan on February 4, organised by the 4-Party Alliance, the complainant said.
Besides, the minister is using government facilities in campaigning for the candidate.
He also attached newspaper clippings with the complaint to substantiate his allegations and sought the CEC's intervention in this regard.
A copy of the complaint was also submitted to the Additional Divisional Commissioner, who is the Returning Officer for the polls.
Meanwhile central leaders of Awami League called upon Prime Minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia not visit Sylhet ahead of the polls, saying this will influence the election.
Addressing a press conference at a local hotel yesterday afternoon, they also reiterated their demand for deployment of army to ensure a free, fair and peaceful election.
Chief Whip of Opposition in Parliament Abdus Shahid, Abdus Samad Azad MP, Suranjit Sengupta MP, Dewan Farid Gazi MP, AMA Muhit, Sultan Mohammad Mansur and Nurul Islam Nahid addressed the press conference.
AL-backed mayoral candidate and sitting mayor Badar Uddin Kamran, district AL president ANM Safique and general secretary Iftekhar Hossain Shamim were among others present there.
The AL leaders said, ministers are already campaigning for the BNP "nominee" and are declaring special grants and sanctions for various projects in Sylhet, which is violation of the code of conduct. Election can not be free and fair if ruling party leaders do so.
They also appealed to government officials to remain neutral in election duty. Otherwise, AL will resist any move to foil the peoples' verdict, they warned.
They also alleged that the finance minister was violating the code of conduct by saying that there would be no development work in Sylhet if the ruling party candidate is not voted.
They also warned that some candidates were trying to buy votes. Such attempt was foiled by people in Narayanganj Pourasabha election.
Political parties are not allowed to nominate candidates in local body election. But the alliance leaders are claiming that their candidate was an alliance nominee, the AL leaders said.
They listed some important development works done by Kamran in the last seven years and also made some commitments.