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Suranjit-led GP merges with AL

By Staff Correspondent
Suranjit Sengupta-led fac tlon of the Ganatantri Party GP merged with the Awami League at a special national council session of the GP at Ramna Batamul tn the city yesterday.
"The Ganatantri Party spe cial council today announces its merger with the Awami League feeling that all the pro-liberation parties believing in Bangalee nationalism and secularism need to stand united, said the political declaration adopted by the council
Inaugurated by the Mayor of Dhaka Mohammad Hanif. the council session was addressed by Al- chief Sheikh Hasina as chief guest. It was also ad dressed by Suranjit Sengupta. All Haider Khart. Shafiul Alam and Azizul Haq. of the OP and Zohra Tajuddln and CoL (retd) Shawqat All of the AL. Besides. AL leaders Abdus Samad Azad Zillur Rahman. Tofael Ahmed Amir Hossain Amu. Moham mad Nasim. Matlya Choudhury
Quamruzzaman. Shamsul Haq. Rahmat All and Nurul Islam Nahid were present on the occasion.
Welcoming the newconjers to her ■ party. Hasina urged them to work unitedly with the AL workers.
Hasina urged, the government not to push the nation towards a situation of confrontation by ignoring the 'popular' demand for elections under a caretaker administration.
The leader of the Opposition tn Parliament alleged that the demand was not being accepted by the present rulers with the motive of rigging polls and thus clinging to power.
Commonwealth-brokered government-Opposition dialogue should not be allowed to fail due to obstinacy of the government side, she said. Referring to the ruling party's contention that polls under a caretaker government was unconstitutional. the AL chief said the Constitution also did not provide for the caretaker government that conducted the 1991 polls. Bui the BNP accepted that government, which was later 'constitutionalised,' she added.
Hasina said from the fifth to the 10th amendments to the Constitution were made just to protect individual or group in-
terests and to legalise capture of power by Illegal rulers. "But we want the government to m6ve a Constitution amendment bill on the caretaker issue to protect people'a franchise."
Holding of at least three consecutive national elections under non-party government will ensure free and fair |»Hs and give democracy an Institutional shape, she reiterated.
Hasina said they had opted for a caretaker government to conduct the 1991 polls following voje dacoity. terrorism and corruption by the autocratic regime of Ersftad. "We now again demand similar elections since the plected BNP "gov ernment has practised the same."
The AL chief said she believed that .holding of three consecutive general elections under non-party administrations would stabilise the national politics, check undejno cratfo behaviour and ensure accountability of the elected government.
Suranjlt Sengupta said they had decided to merge with the AL to further strengthen the party, the 'biggest platform for secular politics.'
He also urged Hasina tcrco ordinate the units of both the parties across the country.
Sengupta hoped that the AL would not compromise with the fundamentalists.