Awami League (AL) sub-committee on publicity affairs on Sunday accorded a reception to artistes and cultural personalities who took part in the electioneering in favour of the party in the December 30 general election.
AL election conducting committee co-chairman and Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam and Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud attended it at Dhaka Club here.
Cultural personalities Syed Hasan Imam, Ramendu Majumder, actresses Nutan, Aruna Biswas, Sami Kaiser, Tarin and Apu Biswas, actors Zahid Hasan and Riaz and singer SD Rubel, among others, attended the reception.
“It is our big challenge to keep the people’s confidence that we have attained through the election,” HT Imam said extending gratitude to the artistes and the pro-liberation forces who carried out election campaigns for AL candidates in the polls. Seeking cooperation from the artistes in discharging their duties properly, Imam said it is high time to eliminate all ill forces who want to take the country back.
Speaking on the occasion, Hasan Mahmud also congratulated and expressed gratitude to the artistes for their role in the electioneering in favor of AL candidates. He expressed his hopes that the artistes will stay beside the Awami League government to take the country ahead.
“We want to take the country’s development into a newer height under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said.
Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Ihsanul Karim and AL Deputy Publicity Secretary Aminul Islam were present on occasion, among others.
