Ershad seeks vote for Grand Alliance candidates
Monday, 22 December 2008
CHITTAGONG, Dec 21 (UNB): Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad Sunday appealed to the countrymen to cast their votes for the Grand Alliance candidates in the parliamentary election slated for December 29.
"If the grand alliance does not come to power, the four-party alliance will destroy what still remained in the country," he said at an election campaign for grand alliance candidate Morshed Murad Ibrahim of JP for the Chittagong-9 constituency.
Ershad urged the countrymen to remain alert about what he said the misleading statements of the four-party alliance. "The four-party alliance is voicing various apprehensions including vote rigging sensing their certain defeat in the polls," he said.
The former president also urged Awami League (AL) rebel candidate Dr Afsarul Amin to withdraw from the race in the interest of the grand alliance, saying that the December 29 election was also important for the nation as it was in 1970. "If boat and plough remain (simultaneously) in the race, the third force may be the winner."
Ershad also addressed three electoral meetings at Nayabazar, Dewanhat, Nasirabad and three roadside rallies at Badamtoli crossing, Dewanhat crossing and Sagorika Bazar. He is also due to address three more public meetings in favour of Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud (Jatiya Party) in the Chittagong-4 (Hathazari) constituency.
Earlier, the JP chairman, accompanied by party's acting president Anisul Islam Mahmood and presidium member Ziauddin Bablu, flew in here from Dhaka to address a series of election campaign rallies for his JP candidates in two Chittagong constituencies.
Addressing a press briefing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning, Ershad said, "The December 29 parliamentary polls will set an example and will be the best among all the elections held since the birth of Bangladesh." He also said that there was no uncertainty over the December 29 general election.
"If the grand alliance does not come to power, the four-party alliance will destroy what still remained in the country," he said at an election campaign for grand alliance candidate Morshed Murad Ibrahim of JP for the Chittagong-9 constituency.
Ershad urged the countrymen to remain alert about what he said the misleading statements of the four-party alliance. "The four-party alliance is voicing various apprehensions including vote rigging sensing their certain defeat in the polls," he said.
The former president also urged Awami League (AL) rebel candidate Dr Afsarul Amin to withdraw from the race in the interest of the grand alliance, saying that the December 29 election was also important for the nation as it was in 1970. "If boat and plough remain (simultaneously) in the race, the third force may be the winner."
Ershad also addressed three electoral meetings at Nayabazar, Dewanhat, Nasirabad and three roadside rallies at Badamtoli crossing, Dewanhat crossing and Sagorika Bazar. He is also due to address three more public meetings in favour of Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud (Jatiya Party) in the Chittagong-4 (Hathazari) constituency.
Earlier, the JP chairman, accompanied by party's acting president Anisul Islam Mahmood and presidium member Ziauddin Bablu, flew in here from Dhaka to address a series of election campaign rallies for his JP candidates in two Chittagong constituencies.
Addressing a press briefing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning, Ershad said, "The December 29 parliamentary polls will set an example and will be the best among all the elections held since the birth of Bangladesh." He also said that there was no uncertainty over the December 29 general election.