Election 2008

Ershad sees grand victory for grand alliance

17 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad addressing a wayside meeting at Nomani Maidan in Magura town in support of grand alliance candidate for Magura-1 yesterday.Photo: STAR

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday claimed that the grand alliance would secure a 'landslide victory' in the upcoming election as people want a change in real sense. He urged the people to vote for Awami League led grand alliance candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections to build a country based on the dreams of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “We want to build a new Bangladesh…A corruption and militant free Bangladesh”, he said while addressing election projection rallies in Satkhira, held at Satkhira Government College ground and Kalaroa football ground. Ershad held the BNP-Jamaat government responsible for price hike of essentials, militancy and corruption. He reiterated the grand alliance's pledges that it would try to scale down prices of essentials and fertiliser, curb militancy, ensure smooth power supply and create employment. “We will break syndicates responsible for price hike of essentials and fertiiser”, he said. “You know me as a former president but I have another identity. I am elder brother of Sheikh Hasina and the relationship is above politics”, he said. Ershad also introduced Engineer Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of AL and Abdul Jabbar and Golam Reza of JP as grand alliance candidates in Satkhira-1 (Tala-Kalaroa), Satkhira- 2 (Sadar) and Satkhira-4 (Shyamnagar) constituencies at the rallies.