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AL to probe govt corruption

Plans to form parliamentary body

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The main opposition Awami League (AL) has decided to probe alleged corruption of the coalition government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia that has served half of its five-year tenure.
The AL Parliamentary Party (ALPP) at a meeting at the Sangsad Bhaban yesterday decided to form a parliamentary body with five to seven members to investigate what it said was corrupt practices since the BNP-led four-party alliance took office in October 2001.
"The Awami League lawmakers will be tasked with the investigation," Deputy Leader of the
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Opposition Abdul Hamid told reporters after the two-and-a-half-hour meeting, chaired by AL President Sheikh Hasina.
The 59-member ALPP gained more strength with the joining of independent lawmaker Mohammad Ali (Noakhali-6) yesterday. Earlier another independent lawmaker, Delwar Hossain, joined the party.
Ali's joining came at a time when both the AL and Jatiya Party (Ershad) have been boycotting parliament indefinitely, virtually leaving the House with only ruling coalition lawmakers and two opposition MPs of two fringe parties --Krishak Sramik Janata League of Kader Siddiqui and Jatiya Party of Anwar Hossain Manju.
"Not only opposition lawmakers but all conscious MPs of the treasury bench will leave parliament soon," Hamid predicted.
Senior AL lawmaker Rahmat Ali alleged: "The prime minister's family amassed huge property including land in my district Gazipur and we have to investigate sources of such wealth."
The ALPP also decided to form a committee with five to seven party lawmakers to probe the disparity in development work between the constituencies of coalition and opposition lawmakers.
It also decided to demonstrate at the Sangsad Bhaban and submit a memorandum to the speaker in a day or two, seeking steps to stop repeated attacks on AL lawmakers
and their homes and false cases against them.
Hamid said police and ruling BNP men attacked AL lawmakers Abdur Razzak, Ahsanullah Master and Abdul Hye, ransacked the house of Rahmat Ali, set off bombs at a meeting venue in Khulna threatening the lives of AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil and opposition whip Faruq Khan and filed cases against AL lawmakers Fazle Karim Chowdhury, Shawkat Ali and Mirza Azam.
The AL has been boycotting parliament sessions since June 25 last year and has launched a vigorous street agitation this month to oust the government. A section of party lawmakers however think the House-boycott should be reconsidered.
Hasina, also leader of the opposition, expressed her determination to force the ruling alliance to quit power much ahead of expiry of its tenure. She decided to form 16 teams, each comprising three lawmakers, to motivate people to support the oust-government agitation and explain the rationale behind AL's parliament boycott.
On any change in the AL stand on parliament-boycott, Hamid said: "We are not going to join parliament. We're now in a movement to force the government to step down paving the way for snap polls as it failed to respond to our 15-point demand."