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Awami League leaders placing wreath at the portrait
of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial
Museum at Dhanmondi in the city marking the 59th founding
anniversary of the party on Monday. FocusBangla

Staff Reporter

The leaders of the Awami League reiterated their demand for the withdrawal of the schedule of local government elections and complete lifting of emergency without further delay.

The leaders said this at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum where they went to place wreaths at the Bangabandhu's portrait marking the party's 59th founding anniversary.

They also informed that the party would finalise its decision on participation in the local government election at party's central working committee meeting on June 26.

Awami League Presidium Member Tofail Ahmed said, "No election is possible under the state of emergency. We have enough efficient and qualified candidates for each of the parliamentary constituencies."

"The party's grassroots leaders and workers are waiting for the working committee's decision on the local election. They would accept, no matter what, the decision of the working committee meeting," he noted.

AL Acting General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said, "We do not want to return to the pre-January 11 situation but want a free, fair and credible national election to restore democracy in the country."

Party central leaders, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Amir Hossain Amu, among others, attended the function.