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Associated Bodies

AL prepares for councils

Hasan Jahid Tusher
Ahead of the long-due councils of the Jubo League and the Swechhasebak League, two associated bodies of the ruling Awami League, their leaders are lobbying the AL high-ups hard to get top positions in the organisations.
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The council of the Swechhasebak League will be held today and that of the Jubo League on July 14. The new leadership is being chosen after nine years. According to the organisations' constitutions, the councils are supposed to be held every three years.
Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh I lasina will be the chief guest at both the councils to be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.
A number of Jubo League and Swechhasebak League leaders have set up colourful arches on different streets in the capital and pul up posters, banners and festoons at
Bangabandhu Avenue, the AL president's political office in Dhanmondi, and Bangabandhu International Conference Centre to draw the attention of party leaders.
Many leaders of the pro-AL bodies have been visiting the houses and offices of the AL high-ups in efforts to woo them, sources in the parties said.
A section of leaders of both the organisations, especially the Jubo League, have even paid hefty sums to a few leaders of the AL and the two pro-AL bodies to get the lop positions, according to party insiders.
Asked about the allegations, AL Organising Secretary AFM Bahauddin
Nasim told The Daily Star that in the Swechhasebak League there was no scope for the adoption of unfair means in gelling hold of any position and that if anybody was found to have distributed money, he would be disqualified automatically.
About new leadership, Nasim, the founder president of the organisation, said those who were committed, dedicated, honest and against whom there was no allegation of lender manipulation and other misdeeds would be considered for the new leadership.
Jahangir Kabir Nanak, outgo -ing Jubo League chairman and also joint general secretary of the AL, declined to make any com-
merits about the council and the criteria for selecting new leader -ship in the Jubo League.
AL insiders said Sheikh Fazlur Rahman Maruf, Iqbalur Rahim, Bahadur Bepari, Liaqat Sikder, Nazrul Islam Babu and Mamum-Ar-Rashid were potential candidates for the top positions of the two bodies.
Acting chairman of Jubo League Omar Faruk Chowdhury and General Secretary Mirza Azam, and acting president of Swechhasebak League Mollah Md Abu Kawser and General Secretary Pankaj Debnath are lobbying the AL high-ups to be the chiefs of the two organisations, sources in the parlies said.