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City Corporation Elections

Major party leaders file nomination today

Staff Correspondent
Local level leaders of major political parties including Awami League (AL) and BNP will file applications today for candidacies in the August 4 polls to four city corporations and nine municipalities.
A total of 122 persons collected application forms for the mayoral posts, 1,300 for the posts of councillors, and 225 for the seats reserved for women in the four city corporations.
July 13 is the deadline for withdrawal of candidacies.
Although. AL formally decided to take part in the polls. BNP has yet to acquiesce. BNP's local level leaders however collected application forms, while AL-led 14-party
coalition yesterday said it will announce its nominees by July 12.
Meanwhile, Khulna city unit of BNP yesterday announced a boy cott of the poll to the city corporation there.
In Rajshahi 42 persons collected forms for the mayoral post, 495 for the posts of councillors, and 84 for the reserved seats for women.
In Sylhet 48 persons collected forms for the mayoral post, 366 for the posts of councillors, and 60 for the reserved seats for women.
In Khulna 17 persons'collected forms for the mayoral post, 248 for the posts of councillors, and 45 for the seats reserved for women.
In Barisal 15 persons collected forms for the mayoral post, 191 for the posts of councillors, and 36 for
the seats reserved for women.
RAJSHAHI
Our Rajshahi correspondent reported that following a decision of the city unit of BNP to take part in the city corporation election, at least five local leaders of the party including its President Azizur Rahman collected application forms for the post of mayor yester day.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the city unit of BNP that also formed a 41 -member committee headed by Kabir Hossain for monitoring the city corporation poll there. In the meeting most of the leaders said BNP should not let AL and other parties go unchallenged in the poll. Other BNP leaders who collected application forms are former district general secretary Enamul Haque, former organising secretary Esrad Ali Isa, former woman lawmaker Jahan Panna, local Jubo Dal President Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, and District Mohila Dal General Secretary Shahidun Nahan Kazi Hena.
All prospective candidates from BNP will sit together before the July 13 deadline for withdrawal of candidacies, and will decide on one person who will stay in the race for mayor while everybody else will withdraw their candidacies, said Enamul Haque.
Meanwhile, a crisis developed in the local unit of AL-led 14-partycoali tion as Workers Party, a component in the coalition, opted to nominate its Politburo Member Fazle Hossain Badsha as the mayoral candidate while AL is under pressure for nominating its Rajshahi City Unit General SecretaryAHM Khairuzzaman Liton.
The local AL office was shut down last night with party activists vowing to keep it closed until the party's nomination goes to Liton.
SYLHET
AL leaders and former lawmakers Dewan Farid Gazi and Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Acting Mayor Azam Khan, District Al General Secretary Iftekhar Hossain Shamim, City AL General Secretary Mcjbah Uddin Siraj, former chairman of Sylhet municipality Badrul Hossain Babul collected application forms for the mayoral post in the city corpora -tion, while detained incumbent Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran collected an application form through his son.
Among the BNP leaders who collected application forms for the post of the mayor are MA Haque and MA Gaffar, former president and general secretary respectively of the district unit BNR and City BNP Vice-president Abdul Qaiyum Jalali, reported our Sylhet correspondent. KHULNA
At a news conference yesterday, Khulna city BNP's former general secretary Nazrul Islam Manju said if anyone take part in the polls violating the party decision will have to do so on his or her own risk of facing organisational actions, reported our Khulna correspondent
Reading out a written statement in the local press club, he said BNP will not take part in the 'rigged poll under the emergency'.
Meanwhile, two leaders of AL and BNP have chosen to run for the mayoral post there from two separate platforms other than their parties.
Advocate Sheikh Enayet Ali, a former lawmaker also a leader of Khulna district AL, decided to file for candidacy under the banner of Khulna Shacheton Nagorik Committee, while his party nominated its City Unit PresidentTalukder Abdul Khaleque.
Senior Vice-president of Khulna City BNP also Acting Mayor of Khulna City Corporation Moniruzzaman Moni will file for candidacy under the banner of Khulna Muktijoddha Forum.
Other BNP leaders including City Unit BNP Member Secretary Shahruzzaman Mortuza and General Secretary of District BNP Advocate Shafiqul Alam Mona also collected application forms.
BARISAL
Convener of Barisal CityALShawkat Hossain Hiron, Joint Convener Alamgir Hossain Khan Alam, and City Jubo League Joint Convener Mahmudul Haque Mamun col lected applications for candidacies while from BNP its former city unit president Ahsan Habib Kamal, its expelled leader Ebaidul Haque Chan, District President of Tati Dal Abdur Rahman Tapon collected the forms.
Nagorik Parishad President Advocate Enayet Pir Khan also collected an application form for contesting in the poll there under the banner of his organisation, reported our Barisal correspondent