Aziz, Qumrul made AL city unit acting president, acting GS

FE Team | Published: November 10, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Dhaka City Awami League (AL) vice-president MA Aziz and joint secretary Qumrul Islam have been made its acting president and acting general secretary as part of efforts to rejuvenate the city unit, reports UNB.
The decision was taken unanimously at a meeting between the leaders of AL and its city unit with acting AL president Zillur Rahman in the chair.
The meeting asked the new leaders to strengthen its organisational activities ahead of the city corporation elections.
Earlier, AL had decided to dissolve the existing Dhaka City unit committees and bring in new faces to gear up their activities.
AL leaders Abdur Razzak, Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser, Syed Ashraful Islam, Mukul Bose, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Abdul Mannan, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Sultan Mohammad Monsur Ahmed, Latif Siddqui, Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, HKM Jahangir, Col (retd) Faruq Khan, Col (retd) Tajul Islam and Dhaka City unit leaders MA Aziz, Faizuddin Mia, Shah Alam Murad, Abdul Quddus, Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, Mukul Chowdhury, Abdul Haq Sabuj, Adv Qumrul Islam, Abdul Quddus and Aslamul Huq Aslam, among others, were present at the meeting.
The meeting asked the City unit leaders to remain vigilant so that every city-dweller could be enlisted in the voter list and inspire the city ward leaders so they can take similar initiatives.
In 2005, AL had formed eight committees, led by eight party presidium members, to sort out their infighting and ensure better coordination in the party activities in eight parliamentary constituencies of capital Dhaka, but they could not resolve their disputes.
As some of the presidium members are now in jail, the meeting included some more leaders and asked the eight committees to start work afresh.
Talking to journalists, Zillur Rahman said a flawless voter list is essential for fair polls and all should remain vigilant about it as election is the best way to hand over power.
"Seeing government initiatives, it seems that there would be an election and we all need to prepare for the polls," he said.
But he hastened to say that the party central working committee would decide whether AL would participate in the elections.
Zillur urged the government to lift ban on indoor politics across the country saying that organisational activities are being hampered due to the restriction.
He also demanded that detained party chief Sheikh Hasina be set free and vowed to continue the legal fight to have her released.
Zillur also urged the government to withdraw the 'false' case against Sheikh Rehana, the younger sister of Sheikh Hasina, and demanded the release of other detained party leaders and workers, including AL general secretary Abdul Jalil and Dhaka University teachers.
The AL acting president also called on the government to distribute fertiliser and agricultural inputs among the farmers and take initiatives to control the soaring prices of essentials.