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Hasina salutes Ctg people at Mohiuddin shindig

Staff Correspondent, ctg
Sheikh Hasina led a 100,000-strong procession yesterday afternoon in the port city celebrating the third consecutive victory of ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury in the Chittagong mayoral race.
Starting from Laldighi Maidan, the jubilant fans of Mayor Mohiuddin paraded the city thoroughfares in time with band music and carrying national flags, Mohiuddin's election symbol hurricane lanterns and colourful banners, festoons and placards.
With the leader of the opposition and the re-elected city father at the head, the mammoth 2km human serpent slowly marched through Kotwali crossing, New Market, Station Road, Enayet Bazar, Jubilee Road, Buddhist Temple Road,
Nandan Kanan and Cinema Palace intersection to come back to Laldighi. It took over two hours for the procession to complete the circuit of triumph.
It is the largest procession in the commercial capital's recent history, said a participant. "And it is possible because of the immense popularity and unique charisma of Mohiuddin," another man quipped.
Hasina, president of the main opposition Awami League, launched the victory march in Laldighi standing on an open truck beside Mohiuddin and other senior leaders. She came down from the truck after a few yards and boarded a Pajero jeep, in which she went up to New Market with the cavalcade. Mohiuddin then took the lead, with AL Presidium Member Abdur Razzak MP, Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Bir Bahadur MP, Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, Mosharraf Hossain, Moslemuddin Ahmad and MA Salam accompanying him on the open truck.
Thousands lined up along the route to watch the procession. Men, women and children from the roadside buildings waved to Hasina and Mohiuddin and showed victory sign to the marchers.
"I salute you, congratulate you for bringing the victory by fighting so many conspiracies," Hasina told a human sea earlier in Laldighi Maidan, amid deafening cheers.
"It was not merely a victory of Mohiuddin Chowdhury, but a victory of honesty against corruption, of justice against injustice and a victory of light against darkness. And you, the people of Chittagong have won it in a grand style," she complimented the voters of Chittagong City Corporation for their hard-earned win in the May 9 polls.
She expressed unqualified support to the 40-point Chittagong development agenda declared by Mohiuddin in his election manifesto, and said if voted to power in the next general elections her government would surely help implement all the projects.
The AL chief called upon the government to permit the development projects of Mohiuddin. She said if the government denies the development programme, her party would launch vigorous movement against tit.
She reiterated the demand for reforms in the caretaker government system and the Election Commission, adding, "The attempts to rig the CCC polls and the role of EC in Chittagong have once again proved the necessity of the reforms."
In his speech, Mohiuddin vowed to implement the 40-point programme at any cost during his five-year stint as the CCC mayor and sought people's support for the cause.
"It might be a tough job. But I urge the government to give me a chance and to test my ability. I am confident I can do it," he said.
He however warned that if the government does not allow him to form the 'city government', he will declare it unilaterally.