Syed Ashraf for making AL stronger thru\\\' strengthening associate bodies

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam underscored Saturday the need for strengthening the party's associate bodies with a view to strengthening the mother organisation, report agencies.
"We'll have to make our all branches (associate bodies) get stronger if we want to make our party (Awami League) stronger. Awami League will be well-built once its associate bodies are made stronger," he said.
Syed Ashraf, also the Public Administration Minister, said this while addressing a discussion organised by Bangladesh Krishak League marking the 40th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Terming Krishak League a specialised organisation, the ruling party general secretary said, "The main activity of the Krishak League will be to protect the interest of the country's farmers, communicate with them and organise them."
Speaking on the occasion, Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case will be executed on completion of its trial so that no one can dare to carry out such heinous activities in the future.
About the demand of BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan to carry out proper investigation into the grenade attack case, Hanif said, "They had been in power in 2004 when the attack took place. What they did as they now are demanding proper investigation? People of the country know it well that they had staged the Judge Miah drama to divert the real incident."
Syed Ashraful Islam called upon the Krishak League leaders and activists to work for establishing unity among the grassroots level farmers across the country.
"To establish unity among the farmers across the country will be your (Krishak League leaders) prime work and if you can do this, Awami League will be stronger", said Syed Ashraful Islam.
 "Most of the rural people are farmers and we have to go there to establish unity among them and if we can do that Awami League will be ever stronger", said Syed Ashraf.
Terming both the Krishibid (Agriculturists) and farmers as legends, the ruling party leader said, "We have to organise Krishak League all over the country in order to communicate with the farmers. Alongside we have to strengthen all other organissations associated with ruling party to make the party stronger", he added.
Referring to the observance of the 40-day programme from August 1 marking the National Mourning Day, the ruling party leader said our main objective was to make Bangabandhu for all instead of keeping the great leader solely as the property of the Awami League, said Syed Ashraf.
Food Minister Quamrul Islam, Awami League organising secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim and Krishak League general secretary adv Khandakar Shamsul Haque Reza, among others, spoke at the programme held with Krishak League president Motaher Hossain Molla in the chair.