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Khaleda asks party men to get ready for next polls

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday asked her party men to brace themselves for the next genera] elections by rejuvenating the party at grassroots level through electing new committees, giving preference to young leadership.
She told the activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to stand by party decision in selecting’candidates and vote them to victory.
"The national election of 2007 is very crucial for the people and the country," the prime minister said while addressing the upazila level leaders from Barisal and Rajshahi divisions at the International Conference Center (ICC).
Reminding of the "oppression" on the party workers during the past Awami League rule, Khaleda, also the chairperson of the BNP cautioned that their sufferings would aggravate if the organisation was not further strengthened at grassroots level.
She once again reminded that the opposition party was trying to create an issue over tire caretaker government system in their latest ploy-
"If the opposition does not want the constitutional caretaker government system, it has the only option to go to polls under the BNP-led alliance government," the prime minister said, in an oblique reference to Awami League’s demand for procedural changes in the system.
She assured her party men that upazila polls would be held, but it would take some time because of a difference of opinion within the party.
Mayor of Rajshahi Mizanur Rahman Minu MP and State Minister for Cultural Affairs Selima Rahman were present on the dais.
Taking feedback from her grassroots level party men on overall situation, the prime minister assured them that massive development work would start all over the country after the Eid.
The prime minister listed the development efforts of the government being carried out in various sectors, including education, in creating mass awareness on various Issues and the programmes for employment generation.
Mentioning the huge expenditure in different education programmes, she called upon her party workers to make sure that those are properly implemented at the field level. "We will reap the benefits of our programmes later," she said.
Khaleda said the government has also laid importance on agriculture and is supplying agricultural inputs, including seeds and fertilisers, to the small and marginal farmers to recoup the losses caused by the floods.
She also mentioned the waiver of interest on agricultural loans up to Tk 5,000 and disbursing fresh Ioans to the farmers without collateral.
The prime minister called upon the field level leaders and workers to stand united and strengthen the organisation to deal with any situation.