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Force govt to accept reforms for fair polls

Hasina urges people

Staff Correspondent
Leader of the Opposition andAwami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the countrymen to be strongly united for compelling the government to accept the opposition's electoral reforms proposal to hold a free and fair election.
■"The government does not want to pay heed to the electoral reforms proposal, sensing that if
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implemented, it will not be able to come to power by rigging votes," Hasina said while talking to Awami Jubo League publicity secretaries from different districts at the party’s Dhanmondi office.
She also asked die young leaders and workers of Jubo League, the youth wing of AU to present comparative pictures between the periods of z\L and the present government to the countrymen and thus counter ihe government’s propaganda against thezU-
The BNP-Jamaat governnjcnt also cattMOut propagfuvfM^ifrEn the AL during the last parifamenTary elections to legalise the widespread vote rigging that cost the AL at least 100 seats, the opposition leader said.
She said ihe present government was more interested in importing which gives them opportunities for vast corruption.
"The use of army persons for distributingVGF (Vulnerable Groups Feeding] cards proves that the ruling party men. from ministers to the grassroots level leaders and workers, do not even hesitate to steal the meals ofthepoor." Hasina said
The opposition leader hoped that all five basic needs of the people can be met by 2021, when Bangladesh will celebrate the golden jubilee of her independence.
AL presidium member Tofail Ahmed, Jubo League Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanok and General Secretary Mirza z\zam were present at the meeting.
Earlier, at a daylong workshop on publicity and publication participated by the AL publicity secretaries. z\I. General Secretary Abdul Jalil said a national programme of the 14-party alliance will be announced by Ramadan.
Jubo league organised the workshop at theory's Rajukauditorium.
Prof Mizanur Rahman of Dhaka University presented the keynote paper at the workshop.
AL Joint General Secretary Obaidul Kader, Dhaka University Teachers' Association President z\AMS Arefin Siddique and Jubo League leaders also spoke at the programme.