Election 2008

Kamal-Mojahid rift widens in Faridpur-3

18 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Rezaul Karim, Faridpur

Rift between Kamal Ibne Yusuf and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid has widened ahead of the parliamentary election. Faridpur district BNP is now divided into two factions. One faction led by its president Zahurul Haque Shahazada Mia and secretary Advocate Syed Modarres Ali Isa is supporting Mojahid as a candidate of four-party alliance. Supporters of independent candidate Kamal Ibne Yusuf are campaigning against Mojahid terming him rajakar for his criminal activities during liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Loyals of Kamal Ibne Yusuf declared Mojahid unwanted and burnt his effigy while Mojahid staged a showdown violating polls code. Taking advantage of rift in BNP, AL candidate Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain has geared up his campaign. In 2001 parliamentary election, Kamal Ibne Yusuf won with 'sheaf of paddy' securing 1,14,618 votes and his nearest AL rival Engineer Mosharraf secured 69,544 votes.