Hasina to meet grassroots leaders next month
ALCWC meet tomorrow
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will exchange views with her grassroots level leaders to bring coordination among the rank and file of the party and diminish the existing gap between the government and the party.
Hasina will start the view-exchange meeting with her party's organisational district and upazila unit leaders next month. A meeting of the AL Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will be held at her political office in Dhanmondi tomorrow to finalise date of the meeting, said party insiders.
At the meeting, she will give the leaders important guidelines to strengthen the party's organisational capacity across the country in an effort to thwart any bid by the opposition parties to foil the trial of war crimes.
According to the sources, the premier would listen to the leaders to get first hand information on various matters, including organisational matters and performance of the government and its ministers in their respective constituencies.
A stalemate in the activities of the party has been witnessed across the country since it assumed power as lawmakers and their close associates in almost every constituency are controlling party matters, said leaders of different district units of the party.
AL insiders said she will issue tough warnings against the unruly activities, including illegal involvement in the government's recruitment, tender manipulation and extortion, by the party men and ask them to stay away from these unlawful acts.
"A gap has been created between the party and the government, central and the grassroots, and grassroots level leaders and lawmakers and workers across the country. The prime minister will address these problems and give necessary guidelines to the grassroots level leaders to establish coordination at all levels of the party and the government," AL Presidium Member Obaidul Quader told The Daily Star yesterday.
He said the view-exchange meeting is very much important at this time. She will also give directives to the grassroots leaders about mobilising people in favour of the trial of war criminals, said the AL policymaker.
"The prime minister will give necessary guidelines to the district and upazila leaders to strengthen the party activities across the country and make it more vibrant," AL Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, also a special assistant to the premier, told The Daily Star.
The grassroots level leaders will urge Hasina to take tough action against those party men who are tarnishing the image of the government through their unruly activities. Talking to The Daily Star they also said they will urge the premier to implement party's electoral pledges as early as possible.
ALCWC MEETING TOMORROW
Asked about the agenda of the ALCWC meeting to be started at 11:00am tomorrow, Mahbubul Alam Hanif said latest socio-economic and political situation and organisational matters are likely to be discussed. Dates would be finalised to hold rallies and grand rallies in district and division levels to gain public support in favour of the trial of war criminals, he said adding that holding of union parishad and municipality elections and process of candidate selection will come to discussion at the meeting. Contacted, some other AL central leaders said issues like price hike of essentials, persisting power, gas and water crises, opposition BNP's anti-government agitation and performance of ministers and lawmakers would also be discussed at the meeting.
Asked about the agenda of the ALCWC meeting to be started at 11:00am tomorrow, Mahbubul Alam Hanif said latest socio-economic and political situation and organisational matters are likely to be discussed. Dates would be finalised to hold rallies and grand rallies in district and division levels to gain public support in favour of the trial of war criminals, he said adding that holding of union parishad and municipality elections and process of candidate selection will come to discussion at the meeting. Contacted, some other AL central leaders said issues like price hike of essentials, persisting power, gas and water crises, opposition BNP's anti-government agitation and performance of ministers and lawmakers would also be discussed at the meeting.
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