The Crime Desk: Members of 14 parties are facing tough challenges from party-independent candidates in the six seats left by the Awami League. The Awami League’s independent candidates are in a strong position in five constituencies, the leaders and activists of the party feel.
As a result, workers party president Rashed Khan Menon, general secretary Fazle Hossain Badsha, Jasad president Hasanul Haque Inu, and JP chairman Anwar Hossain Manju are not relieved even after getting the boat. Multiple sources, including the Awami League and 14 political parties, told the media this information.
The partners have already had to struggle to get the desired seats from the Awami League. The Awami League has given three seats to Jasad, two seats to the Workers Party, and one seat to JP at the last minute of the withdrawal of nominations. The Jasad has publicly expressed its displeasure over not securing the seat of Shireen Akhtar, the general secretary of the organization. Jasad, the Workers Party, and JP want assurance of victory from the Awami League after getting six seats. Their demand was to withdraw the party’s independent candidates from the National Assembly elections. But the ruling Awami League did not take this demand of the 14 party members into account. As a result, independent candidates from the Awami League remained in the competition.
JP Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju boarded the boat with the party symbol. He is running as a candidate for the alliance with the boat symbol. Why did he suddenly change this symbol? In response to this, Bhandaria Upazila Awami League President and Municipal Mayor Faiyazur Rashid Khosru told the media, “If there was a possibility of riding a bicycle to win the polls, he would not have boarded the boat.”
Former district chairman Mohiuddin Maharaj, organizing secretary of the district Awami League, is in the field against MP Manju in Pirojpur-2 constituency. Most of the leaders and activists of the Awami League in the three upazilas of the constituency are with him. General Secretary of Kaukhali Upazila Awami League Moniruzzaman Paltan said Manju would have become MP by boat vote with bicycle. Then they left us with disrespect. I was a victim of developmental discrimination. Today, the position of the activists in favor of “Eagle” is an expression of that anger. Party president Sheikh Hasina has been given the opportunity to become an independent candidate. We have Maharaj Sheikh Hasin’s candidate. The battle of votes will prove who is more popular. MP Manju or Maharaj.’ But JP (Manju) presidium member Mahim Hossain said, ‘The boat is a symbol of freedom. Symbol of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu. Those who make the Awami League will never get out of the boat. Moreover, Anwar Hossain Manju is the shaper of the development of this area. No one has the strength to defeat him.
Rashed Khan Menon, president of the Workers Party and the current MP of Dhaka-8 constituency, is holding elections in his own district, Barisal, after 28 years. He has been a candidate in Barisal-2 (Ujirpur-Banaripara) constituency, next to his birthplace, Babuganj upazila. Party symbol hammer and voting with boat. First, the Awami League wanted to nominate him in his native Barisal-3 constituency. He chose Barisal-3, not thinking that it was safe for the election war. Despite all this, there is no easy victory in his destiny. Awami League’s former MP Monirul Islam Moni (Dhenki), Fayazul Haque Raju (Eagle), the grandson of the leader of the same party, Sherbangla AK Fazlul Haque, and Krishak Sramik Janata League’s candidate musician Nakul Kumar Biswas (Gamcha) are candidates against him. Among them, Raju is the cause of headaches for Menon supporters. Because a large part of the local Awami League is working for him inside and outside.
Vice President of Banaripara Upazila Awami League, former UP Chairman Ziaul Haque Mintu, said, ‘First, former MP Advocate Talukder Md. was nominated here. Yunus. When we are in the polling grounds with him, the news comes that Menon is bringing a boat. He is not a resident of this area. He has nothing to do with the people here. Moreover, it is the seat of the Awami League. It is wrong to think that by bringing a boat, we accept someone from another party. So we took the field with the eagle. Voters of all levels will vote for Eagle on January 7. However, Banaripara Upazila Awami League General Secretary and Upazila Vice Chairman Mawlad Hossain Sana, who entered the election field for Rashed Khan Menon, told the media, “The boat is a symbol of our identity. The people’s leader, Sheikh Hasina, to whom the boat was given, is our candidate. He has no way out. The Awami League of this area is and will remain in favor of the boat.
Jasad President Hasanul Haque Inu is contesting in the Kushtia-2 seat with the boat symbol. Supporters of Inu said that the local Awami League leaders and activists are not supporting the coalition candidate. The reason for this is that there has been conflict between Jasad and the Awami League in Kushtia for several years. There is no construction among them. The two parties faced each other in the local government council elections. There have been several conflicts. Hasanul Haque Inu’s main rival in this seat is Mirpur Upazila Awami League general secretary and independent candidate Kamarul Arefin. The local Awami League is next to him.
The truck is the election symbol of Kamarul Arefin. The independent candidate, the former Upazila chairman, has announced that Awami League leaders and activists will no longer pay rent on behalf of Jasd. He said the Jasad leader (Hasanul Haque Inu) will hold elections with a boat, and I will also be the leader of the people in the field. On the other hand, Hasanul Haque Inu’s statement said that Jasad is not weak at all without the support of the Awami League. This is one of the seats in the country where Jasad has managed to retain votes. He wants the election environment to be peaceful and co-existing. He advises being careful so that no one says anything out of manners.
Workers Party General Secretary Fazle Hossain Badsha is fighting with the boat symbol.
