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27 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Staff Correspondent

The government is trying to manipulate the election of Bangladesh Private Medical Practitioners Association (BPMPA), which will be held on April 30, complained Dr MA Mannan-Dr Harun Al Rashid panel of BPMPA yesterday. The pro-BNP faction of BPMPA at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity said with the help of the government, a vested quarter has forced to sack a number of doctors at different non-government hospitals. Without following any rules, a number of doctors were sacked at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Maulana Bhashani Medical College, they added. The panel leaders also alleged that the vested quarter has been trying to discourage voters by false propaganda. Even the intervention of the government's high officials in the election of the private practitioners will obstruct holding a neutral and fair election, they noted. Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) Secretary General AZM Zahid Hossain and President AKM Azizul Haque were present with a number of candidates of the panel at the press conference.