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AL unhappy at bail rejection

Staff Correspondent
Awami League (AL) yesterday expressed disappointment over the High Court judgement that rejected party Chief Sheikh Hasina's bail petition in an extortion case.
AL will launch agitation programmes next month after Hasina's return, AL acting president Zillur Rahman said while addressing a discussion titled 'Democracy, humanity and non-communality from the view point of Islam' at a city hotel followed by aniftar party. "We did not expect it. We are sad and hurt Sheikh Hasina should have been granted bail." Zillursaid.
He said Hasina has been implicated in several cases on false charges.
Islami Oikya Jote (OIJ), a component of the AL-led grand alliance, organised the discussion where leaders of other political parties including Jatiya Samajtantnk Dal (JSD), Bikalpadhara Bangladesh and Jatiya Party were present.
Zillur said the AL chief would return home bymid-October.
He said they have to continue their fight until democracy is restored fully in the country.
The AL acting chief said they believe in secular democracy and record religion with utmost respect. Religion should not be mingled with politics, he added.
IOJ Chairman Misbaur Rahman Chowdhury criticised some components of the 14-party combine without mentioning any name for terming his party 'fundamentalist.'
"Some of our friends think that if a party has an Islamic name, it is fundamentalist. But it is wrong,” he said adding that they are fighting to build up a secular democratic country.
People will not accept 'controlled democracy' in the country, he added.
JSD General Secretary Syed Zafar Sazzad said the BNP-Jamaat coalition is on the move to foil the upcoming parliamentary election sensing defeat
Earlier, AL presidium member Amir Hossain Amu at a discussion at the party’s central office also accused the BNP-Jamaat alliance of hatching a plot to foil the upcoming parliamentary election.
Awami Jubo League organised the discussion marking Hasina's 61st birth anniversary with party presidium member Dr Mizanur Rahman in the chair.
If the election is not held on December 18, the consequences would be serious for the country, he added.
Another presidium member Suranjit Sengupta said they would contest the upcomingparliamentary election under Hasina’s leadership.
Motia Chowdhury said Jamaat-e-Islami has been misleading people in the name of Islam.