Election 2008

Kader Siddiqui's party eyes Tangail-8, 5

23 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Mirza Shakil, Tangail

Kader Siddiqui Bir Uttam

Krishak Shramik Janata League (KSJL) led by Abdul Kader Siddiqui Bir Uttam have good prospects to bag at least two out of the eight Jatiya Sangsad (JS) seats in Tangail district in the upcoming national election, party sources claimed. In the rest six constituencies, party candidates will do better than in the last election, Abu Mohammad Enayet Karim, vice-president of central KSJL and convener of its district committee told The Daily Star yesterday. In 2001 election, four KSJL candidates contested from eight constituencies in the district. Party president Kader Siddiqui contested from five constituencies--Tangail-8 (Sakhipur-Basail), Tangail-1 (Modhupur-Dhanbari), Tangail-2 (Bhuapur-Gopalpur), Tangail-3 (Ghatail), and Tangail-4 (Kalihati) but won his home constituency Tangail-8. His security money was forfeited in the rest three constituencies. This time, he is in race in Tangail-8 and Tangail-3. In Tangail-8, Kader Siddiqui will fight Awami League-led grand alliance candidate Shawkat Momen Shajahan and BNP-led four-party alliance candidate Ahmed Azam Khan. He will fight four-party candidate former minister Lutfar Rahman Khan Azad and grand alliance candidate Dr Motiur Rahman Chowdhury in Tangail-3. Kader Siddiqui's followers claimed their leader will have a massive victory in Tangail-8 (Sakhipur-Basail) this time also. Kader Siddiqui's younger brother Murad Siddiqui, will fight four-party alliance candidate Maj Gen (retd) Mahmudul Hasan and grand alliance candidate JP (Ershad) leader Mohammad Abul Kashem in Tangail-5 (Sadar) in the upcoming polls. Murad ran in the constituency in 2001 election and was in third position bagging 68,167 votes. KSJL candidate Khaleda Habib, the lone female candidate out of 39 in eight constituencies in the district, will contest from Tangail-2 (Bhuapur-Gopalpur). Kahleda Habib, daughter of prominent educationist and litterateur Principal Ibrahim Kha, will fight grand alliance candidate Khandakar Asaduzzaman and four-party candidate Sultan Salahuddin Tuku. KSJL has also fielded Shafiur Rahman Sunny in Tangail-7 (Mirzapur), Anwarul Islam Ratan (Nagarpur-Delduar) and Habibur Rahman Talukder Khoka Bir Protik in Tangail-1 (Modhupur-Dhanbari).