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Professional groups back Feb 15 polls
Different professional groups are convinced that the February 15 parliamentary polls must be held for maintaining the democratic and constitutional process, reports UNB.
There was no alternative to national elections'for safeguarding independence and sovereignty of the country, they observed during an exchange of views with the Prime Minister yesterday.
Prior to the iftar. hosted by Prinfe Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. at 30 Hare Road in the evening, the professionals assured their allout cooperation to the Election Commission for holding the elections.
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More than 2.000 professionals of different groups. Including physicians, engineers. school, college and university teachers, lawyers, agriculturalists. Journalists, businessmen, film actors, and radio and TV artists, were present. Some poets and litterateurs also attended.
The professionals urged the Prime Minister to take adequate security measures for them so that they could discharge their election duties and also for the voters to cast their ballots without any fear.
They demanded strict legal action against the hoodlums unleashed by some election-boycotting parties" creating anarchy through acts of terrorism. '
The leaders of the professional groups further demanded legal action against those threatening the voters and resorting to a reign of terror in a bld to foil the
elections.
They extended full support to the current stand of Prime Minister Begum Zia for maintaining the constitutional process at any cost.
President of Federation. of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) Prof Aminul Islam, President of Dhaka Medical College Teachers' Association Prof Abdur Rashid, Krlshibld Institution Secretary General Javed Iqbal, eminent lawyer AbduL Wadud Khandaker. engineer ANH Akhter Hossain, Dean of Social Science of the Open University Prof Shirin Haq. BFUJ President Amanullah Kabir. Vice President of pangladesh Medical Association Prof Abdul Bayes Bhuiyan, NCCI President Shamson H. Chowdhury, film actor Ashrafuddin Ujlal, Dhaka University teacher Prof Yusuf Haider. President of Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association Prof Jasimuddin Ahmed, Secre-
tary General of the College Teachers' Samity Sahriful Islam, Secretary General of the Primary Teachers' Samity Abdul Awal Khan. Dhaka District Alnjibi Samity Secretary Makbul Hossain Fakir, dramatist Ariful Haq. Rajshahi University teachers Prof Rashidul Alam and Prof Shawkat Ara Belal, and General Secretary of FBUTA Dr Siddique Islam spoke on the occasion.
The Prime Minister said the opposition parties, as ex Ected by the people, had led to play a responsible role and instead chosen the Sath of violence and anarchy i the name of establishing democracy.
"Politicians must not push the country towards con frontation and destruction, she said. "Both the govern ment and opposition parties have equal rale In ensuring peace and maintaining democratic rule in the coun try."
Begum Zia said despite repeated calls for discussion to resolve the political problems, "some opposition parties" instead of coming forward, decided to boycott the polls, and were now attempting to foil the national elections.
She apprised the professionals about the ruling party’s efforts to solve the political problems and explained the current situation
The Prime Minister told the professionals that the country would fall into a dis astrous constitutional crisis if it fails to hold the elections by February 21.
BNP Vice Chairman Prof A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury. Food and Agriculture Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan. Commerce and Information Minister M Shamsul Islam Post and telecommunication* Minister Tariqul Islam and Education Minister Jamir uddin Sircar were present