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Political Scene

War enters into election agenda

Star report
Political activists in many areas have taken up Gulf war as one of their main election agenda. They are mobilizing voters in favour of their candidates by upholding the cause, of Saddam. ,
In many hats and bazars election camps are decorated with the portraits of Saddam in addition to respective election symbols and portraits of party leaders or candidates. The political workers in course of holding rallies and taking out processions raise slogans in favour of the Arab cause side by side their own slogans.
It appears that war has added an additional boost to their processions.
Our Barisai Correspondent adds: a total of 28 candidates withdraw their candidature from the February 27 election.
Now only 91 candidates are on race in all' the 5 constituencies of Barisai district.
Meanwhile, scores of processions arc being brought out in Barisai town and its adjoining areas almost everyday demanding immediate halt to US and allied forces attack on Iraq.
The processionists also de manded withdrawal of multinational forces from the Gulf region and expressed solidarity with the people of Iraq and the President Saddam Hussein in fighting the allied forces headed by United States.
A Correspondent from Kishoreganj adds: Jatiya Samaj-tantrik Dal (JSD-Rab) Kishoregnaj district General Secretary Miah Md. Ferdous Advocate formally Joined the Bangladesh Awami League in presence of district AL president recently.
Earlier he Invited the local journalists to the district Bar Library to announce his future programme.
In his written statement to the Press Mr. Ferdous expressed that Awami league c;in bring the socio economic emancipation of the people under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina. A large number of workers and important personalities were present in the function.
Welcoming Mr. Ferdous. District AL President Mr. A Hamid Advocate said that the whole patriotic people of the country should join AL for ensuring a people's government which was possible through workers get adequate wages, farmers get the fair prices of \ their products and inputs of agriculture are made available at fair prices. He was addressing a public meeting held here r at public library premises re-' cently. Baku I further said that the fundamentalists are engaged in Pandemonium in Chittagong University when eleven crore people are en gaged in establishing a democratic systefn through free and fair election after ousting the autocratic leader of the country who has brought tlje country ••n the brink of ruination.
The meeting organised by United Communist League and presided over by Comrade Jasimuddin was addressed by Comrade Brojen Biswas. Comrade Dpi! Biswas. Anisur Rahman Mollik. All Ahmed Tutul, an Prof. Lutfor Rahaman Th< speakers criticised the role of United States of America for going Into war with Iraq and demanded peaceful solution of Gulf war immediately failing which entire responsibility will lie on United States and peac-elovtng people of the world will not pardon President Bush for widespread catastrophe.
Faridpur
USS from Faridpur adds Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged upon the people to give their mandate in favour of the boat in next month's parliamentary elections to help democracy stand on a solid foundation.
Addressing a public meeting at Faridpur High School ground Tuesday evening on her way back to Dhaka from Tungi-para Sheikh Hasina said that the fruit of democracy must be parliamentary form of government.
Hasina
UNB from Moksedpur adds: Sheikh Hasina promised that if voted to power. Awami League will scrap the fifth amendment which obstructed trial of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
’Law will take its own course and the killers of Bangabandhu will be prosecuted". she told a public meeting here Tuesday afternoon, her second since launching the polls camptgn Monday.
The Awami League President said the Zia government had obstructed tnal of the selfconfessed killers by enacting the fifth constitutional amendment.
Reiterating her P.iriys —otar pnoto stance for parliamentary sys-irm of government. Hasina said Awami League Wbuid re store a government accqpnt able to the people by secuing two thirds majority in the ensuing elections
Presided over by Mattur Rahman, the meeting was addressed by Awami League leaders Nurul Islam Anu. Shelley Zaman. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. Jamal Chowdhury. Kazi Abdur Rashid and* Ja-glidtsh Chandra Biswas.
Kushtia
Our Kushtia Correspondent says: Nur Ahmed Baku!. APSU central leader and a candidate for ensuing Parliament election ui Kushtia constituency 3 said that the students movement will 1'iitlnue until and unless students coqpnunin gets people oriented education policv. reached through ballots at the doorstep of every people.
The Awami League chief said that our people have lost everything during the last 15 years of tyranny and autocratic rule of two generals. Describing presidential form of government ah autocratic in nature. she said it only serves the interest of the few depriving the majority.
She further said that they would amend the present presidential form to parliamentary system if voted to power by two-third majority
Feni
UNB from Feni says: Two journalists of Feni district will contest each other in the coming parliamentary ekc-uons as nominees of two nu|ui political parties.