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AL likely to ask Hanif to explain his remarks

Staff Correspondent
The Awami League (AL) is likely to ask its Dhaka city unit President Mohammad Hanif to explain his recent statement on dropping secularism from party policy.
The AL Central Working Committee at its September 27 meeting will discuss the matter, party sources said.
It will also discuss the recent recruitment of student leaders of ruling BNP and )amaat-e-Islami as
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upazila election officers wliich the main opposition termed a bid to politicise the Election Commission ahead of the next general elections.
"We have taken Mohammad Hand’s interview with a Bangla daily seriously and the party leaders may ask him for explanation...Hanif is 'trying to damage the party with his acts/said an AL leader on condition of anonymity.
On the recruitment of the upazila election officers, he said the central working committee meeting may take a nard line on the appointments and ask the government to cancel them.
Mohammad Hanif, also former Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) mayor, in an interview with a Bangla daily on September 22 suggested that the party high command should officially abandon its secularistprinciples.
Hesaid It was time for the party to replace its secularist principles with the slogan of “freedom of religion and religious practices".
Hanifs statement came at a time when the AL is trying to form an electoral alliance with different secular democratic forces in the country against the Islamist alliance ofBNPandJamaat.
On such stance of a senior party leader who has been with the AL since 1960s, another AL leader said the party high command's signal for not giving nomination in the next parliamentary elections to both him
and his son prompted Hanif to make suchcontroversialstatement.
The AL insiders said Hanif is also unhappy with the party high command for unofficially seizing his power as the party's Dhaka city unit president following conflicts with its General Secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.
Hanif s son Sayeed Khokon lost the last parliamentary elections in Dhaka-7 constituency to BNP leader and the present DCC Mayor Sadeq Hossain Khoka. This time, AL is considering to change its strategy for the seat as former president and Bikaipa Dhara Bangladesh chief Badruddoza Chowdhury is going to contest in the next election from the constituency.
"If the Awami League forms any kind of election alliance with Bikaipa Dhara, it will extend support to the latter's candidate in the constituency by droppingits own candidate," anALleadersaid.
"Besides, Hanif is also sceptic about getting party nomination in the next mayoral election," said the ALleader. "Hisproposal to partychief to contest from three seats in Dhaka in the next election also did not get any positive response." he added.
Meanwhile, talking to the reporters at his residence, I lanif yesterday said he will not ioin any o tiler party if theALexpels him forme statement.
He said he will explain his position to the party forum and will take steps to motivate the party in favour of his opinion.