Election 2008

Protests continue to throw Mojahid out of poll race

5 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Rezaul Karim, Faridpur

Faridpur district Mahila Dal holds a daylong protest meeting at Faridpur Press Club yesterday demanding nomination of BNP leader Kamal Yusuf instead of Jamaat's Mojahid for Faridpur-3. (Inset) Mojahid, Kamal Yusuf Photo: STAR

BNP and its front organisations continued protests yesterday against four-party alliance nomination to Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid in Faridpur-3 (Sadar) instead of BNP leader Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf. The protesters also bitterly criticised Mojahid's showdown on Wednesday. As part of protest against Mojahid, Faridpur district Mohila dal, woman's front of BNP, yesterday held day-long rallies in front of Faridpur Press Club. Speakers at the rally demanded cancellation of Mojahid's nomination and urged people not to vote for him in the upcoming national election. They also blamed district BNP president Zahurul Haque Sahzada Mia and secretary Modarres Ali Isa for the ticket to Mojahid. They claimed that a section of BNP leaders misled Khaleda Zia and convinced her to give alliance ticket to Mojahid instead of Kamal Ibne Yusuf. It is the result of a Jamaat's conspiracy with a section of party leaders in the district, which will be harmful for the party, they said. Jamaat is eating up BNP, they said. Mojahid also violated the polls code by staging a showdown in the name of visiting his mother's grave, the speakers said. Denied ticket this time, Kamal Ibne Yusuf submitted nomination paper as an independent candidate. The speakers included district BNP joint convener Bilkis Islam, Mohila Dal convener Nazrin Chowdhury, joint covener Nasrin Alam, Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria Swapan and Tarun Biswas, district Krishak Dal secretary Afzal Hossain Khan Palash and Chhatra Dal leader Selim Mia Selim. District Mohila Dal president Shanaz Sultana presided.