Staff Reporter :
The high-ups of the ruling Awami League sent warning to its grassroots leaders and activists to stop all kinds of disagreements centering the ongoing Union Parishad polls across the country, sources said.
According to the report, in the last two phases of UP polls held on March 22 and 31, about 40 people were killed and many more were injured in clashes within the rival candidates’ supporters.
When contacted, the Awami League Joint-General Secretary Dr. Dipu Moni told The New Nation,”The government always wants to hold the polls in peaceful manners. We have asked the EC to take tougher action against any type of violations in the polls. Anyhow violation must be plucked out.”
” The government will help EC make the polls more acceptable and peaceful by providing all kinds of supports”.
” The government is ready for that on priority basis,” she said.
Sources said, majority of the clashes occurred between the ruling Awami League nominated chairman candidates’ supporters and the party’s rebel candidates’.
The party insiders said, as a ruling party’s local leader, everyone wants nomination. Every leader tries to get the result lobbying at the center.
” I have done lots of sacrifice for the party. So why should I not get the party ticket for the UP chairman posts,” said one of the nomination seekers.
In this circumstance, the AL high command was careful about giving nomination. But it could not stop the unrest. On the other hand, the party nominated candidates also tries to win the race against the rebel candidates. In many areas, the polls race triggered bloody clash among the same party’s leaders and activists. The last two phases of UP polls have shown such type of incidents in different districts.
On 15th April, the party UP polls nomination hopefuls went rampage and vandalised the local party office at Chittagong.
Sources said, the Election Commission (EC) became annoyed with the ruling party about their reckless attitude in the polls.
The EC said to AL that BNP or other political parties’ candidates and activists played very minor role behind the violence in the ongoing UP polls, because of their organizational weakness. But the ruling party men were behind the occurrence in most of the incidents.
The EC asked the ruling party to control their leaders and activists in future polls. One senior leader of AL said preferring anonymity that the feud among the party men harmed the image of the ruling party. “The AL high command is now trying to reduce such type of conflict.”
He said the party high-ups sent hard messages to the party grassroots level, not to harm the party image by involving with such incidents. The high command told the relevant leaders that if they failed to show restraint, the party would take tougher organisational actions against them.
According to Election Commission, 687 UPs polls will be held on 23 April as third phase across the country.
The high-ups of the ruling Awami League sent warning to its grassroots leaders and activists to stop all kinds of disagreements centering the ongoing Union Parishad polls across the country, sources said.
According to the report, in the last two phases of UP polls held on March 22 and 31, about 40 people were killed and many more were injured in clashes within the rival candidates’ supporters.
When contacted, the Awami League Joint-General Secretary Dr. Dipu Moni told The New Nation,”The government always wants to hold the polls in peaceful manners. We have asked the EC to take tougher action against any type of violations in the polls. Anyhow violation must be plucked out.”
” The government will help EC make the polls more acceptable and peaceful by providing all kinds of supports”.
” The government is ready for that on priority basis,” she said.
Sources said, majority of the clashes occurred between the ruling Awami League nominated chairman candidates’ supporters and the party’s rebel candidates’.
The party insiders said, as a ruling party’s local leader, everyone wants nomination. Every leader tries to get the result lobbying at the center.
” I have done lots of sacrifice for the party. So why should I not get the party ticket for the UP chairman posts,” said one of the nomination seekers.
In this circumstance, the AL high command was careful about giving nomination. But it could not stop the unrest. On the other hand, the party nominated candidates also tries to win the race against the rebel candidates. In many areas, the polls race triggered bloody clash among the same party’s leaders and activists. The last two phases of UP polls have shown such type of incidents in different districts.
On 15th April, the party UP polls nomination hopefuls went rampage and vandalised the local party office at Chittagong.
Sources said, the Election Commission (EC) became annoyed with the ruling party about their reckless attitude in the polls.
The EC said to AL that BNP or other political parties’ candidates and activists played very minor role behind the violence in the ongoing UP polls, because of their organizational weakness. But the ruling party men were behind the occurrence in most of the incidents.
The EC asked the ruling party to control their leaders and activists in future polls. One senior leader of AL said preferring anonymity that the feud among the party men harmed the image of the ruling party. “The AL high command is now trying to reduce such type of conflict.”
He said the party high-ups sent hard messages to the party grassroots level, not to harm the party image by involving with such incidents. The high command told the relevant leaders that if they failed to show restraint, the party would take tougher organisational actions against them.
According to Election Commission, 687 UPs polls will be held on 23 April as third phase across the country.
