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The local Awami League leaders have questioned the party’s nomination of a ward councillor aspirant for Dhaka South City Corporation elections.
Mohammad Salehin bagged the ruling party’s backing for the race to the Ward No. 28 councillor’s post despite “falsely identifying himself as an Awami League leader”, according to Chawkbazar Awami League leaders.
Salehin’s father Dwin Mohammad, a Muslim League activist, was also a “registered member” of the greater Lalbagh Peace Committee, which was formed to assist the Pakistani forces in 1971, a member of a martyr’s family alleges.
Salehin denies the allegations and maintains that his father had died before the Liberation War began.
The Local Government Nomination Board of the Awami League announced its nominees on Dec 29 for the posts of mayor and ward councillor for the elections to the DSCC and Dhaka North City Corporation.
The mayor contenders will use the party’s symbol boat while the councillor candidates will campaign with other symbols and backing of the party without direct nomination as per the law.
In the nomination process, Salehin was introduced as a vice-president of the party’s local ward unit.
Salehin in reality holds no post in the unit as the fully fledged committee is yet
to be formed, according to its General Secretary Md Yunus Sumon. Sumon is contesting for the ward councillor’s post but as an independent candidate after he had failed to bag the party’s support. Salehin won the party’s support by “bribing” some local leaders, Sumon said.
“Now he is saying that he is the proposed vice president. I can challenge that he is not even a member of the Awami League,” Sumon said.
Chawkbazar Awami League President Md Sirajul Islam Rado brought similar allegations against Salehin.
“Everyone knows how he bagged the nomination. He was never seen in any meeting or procession. I’m the president of Chawkbazar Thana committee which consists of five wards. But he never came to me,” Sirajul said.
The local Awami League leaders have questioned the party’s nomination of a ward councillor aspirant for Dhaka South City Corporation elections.
Mohammad Salehin bagged the ruling party’s backing for the race to the Ward No. 28 councillor’s post despite “falsely identifying himself as an Awami League leader”, according to Chawkbazar Awami League leaders.
Salehin’s father Dwin Mohammad, a Muslim League activist, was also a “registered member” of the greater Lalbagh Peace Committee, which was formed to assist the Pakistani forces in 1971, a member of a martyr’s family alleges.
Salehin denies the allegations and maintains that his father had died before the Liberation War began.
The Local Government Nomination Board of the Awami League announced its nominees on Dec 29 for the posts of mayor and ward councillor for the elections to the DSCC and Dhaka North City Corporation.
The mayor contenders will use the party’s symbol boat while the councillor candidates will campaign with other symbols and backing of the party without direct nomination as per the law.
In the nomination process, Salehin was introduced as a vice-president of the party’s local ward unit.
Salehin in reality holds no post in the unit as the fully fledged committee is yet
to be formed, according to its General Secretary Md Yunus Sumon. Sumon is contesting for the ward councillor’s post but as an independent candidate after he had failed to bag the party’s support. Salehin won the party’s support by “bribing” some local leaders, Sumon said.
“Now he is saying that he is the proposed vice president. I can challenge that he is not even a member of the Awami League,” Sumon said.
Chawkbazar Awami League President Md Sirajul Islam Rado brought similar allegations against Salehin.
“Everyone knows how he bagged the nomination. He was never seen in any meeting or procession. I’m the president of Chawkbazar Thana committee which consists of five wards. But he never came to me,” Sirajul said.
