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AL urges EC to let its allies use 'boat' symbol

Ashraful fears unrest if polls not held on Dec 18

Star Report
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) yesterday urged the Election Commission to allow its alliance partners to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections with its symbol, boat, if they desire.
A four-member AL delegation, led by its Office Secretary Abdul Mannan Khan, met EC Secretary M Humayun Kabir and handed over a letter conveying their request, UNB reports.
"The Election Commission should allow if any of our allies want to contest the election with
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the boat symbol," Mannan told reporters at the EC Secretariat after handing over the letter to the commission.
He said as Awami League will contest the upcoming parliamentary election by forging a grand alliance, so the commission has been informed of the matter through the letter.
Asked about the EC's response to their demand, the AL leader said the EC informed them that such request letters from both the alliance and its partners have to be submitted to the commission to facilitate allocation of such requested symbols.
"The candidates of AL-led alliance must- mention "boat" as their symbol in nomination papers submitted to the EC," Khan quoted the commission secretary as saying.
The AL delegation also urged the EC not to reject the nomination papers of the intending candidates for minor mistakes or some technical reasons.
Meanwhile, AL said if the elections are not held on December 18, law and order would deteriorate, the country will be handicapped socially and economically, and the future of the nation will become uncertain, our staff correspondent reports.
Al. spokesman and Joint General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam expressed the AL views after an hour-long meeting between AL President Sheikh Hasina and Chinese AmbassadorZhengQingDian.
He questioned how the country move can forward since prices of essentials are beyond people's reach, employment opportunities are not being created and investment is not being made.
"We will declare all our party nominations on November 15 and go for electoral campaign. We are concentrating on this matter," he said.
Referring to the meeting, he said China hoped that the elections in Bangladesh would be held on December 18. China wants more partnership in investment and development jobs in Bangladesh. They want to build a railway Jine and road from Kuming to Chittagong, said Ashraf.
Briefing newsmen, the Chinese ambassador said, "The Chinese government sincerely hopes that Bangladesh could maintain stability and hold the general elections smoothly."
"We hope Bangladesh could enjoy economic prosperity, social development and continuous improvement of people's life in the days to come," he added.