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Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina yesterday claimed that The Daily Star always distorts whatever she says.
"It is The Daily
Star! No matter what
I say, it will be distorted, and that is the character [of the newspaper]," she said at a crowded press conference at her official residence Gono Bhaban.
"Light rolls into darkness. And stars cannot be seen in darkness,” she said in an oblique reference to both The Daily Star
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Committee at the Gono Bhaban, said meeting sources.
"We have taken the position that the prime minister will be the head of the interim government under which the elections will be held," AL Organising Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim told The Daily Star after the meeting chaired by party President Sheikh Hasina.
Earlier, the premier had told a press conference at the same venue that the elections would be held in line with the constitution, and she would not budge an inch on this.
At the meeting, AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam told his party colleagues that the party' position on polls-time government would remain unchanged.
The committee unanimously decided that the party would soon start preparation for the next polls and election campaign across the country.
It also decided that party central leaders will visit all districts from September 1 to 10 to learn about the party's organisa-
tional strength in constituencies and prospective candidates. They will work on reducing the gap and settling feuds among party leaders and workers all over the country.
They have been asked to submit reports on AL's organisational strength to the party chief upon their return, said the sources.
The AL will hold a grand rally on August 30 at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital to give the party's grassroots workers a clear message and guidelines on their tasks ahead of the next elections.
The committee directed the central leaders to encourage party activists to work unitedly for party candidates to secure victory in the next election, taking lessons from the defeats of the party-backed candidates in the recent elections to five city corporations.
It also asked them to form committees in all polling stations across the country ahead of the next parliamentary polls.
The meeting also observed that upazila chairmen across the country might work against AL
candidates in the next elections as many of them are in conflict with party lawmakers in their constituencies.
The prime minister said if any upazila chairman works against an AL candidate, tough action will be taken against him.
AL Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim proposed that the AL-led grand alliance be expanded by including like-minded and proliberation parties to ensure the alliance's victory in the next elections.
Party lawmaker Abdur Rahman said more rural areas should be brought under electricity coverage and roads should be built in such areas.
The government should also ensure that jute farmers get fair prices for the golden fibre, he added.
The committee also suggested that the government reduce the prices of urea fertiliser to ease the burden on farmers. But Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, who was present at the meeting, opposed it
Faruk Khan, industry and commerce secretary of the party, has been made international affairs secretary. Party leader SM Kamal Hossain has been inducted into the central committee.
Besides, Mymensingh district AL unit has been divided into Mymensingh north and Mymensingh south units.