The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Leaders of Bangladesh Awami League on Sunday demanded announcement of the specific date for holding the Jatiya Sangsad elections.

They said the people of the country had struggled for a free, fair and acceptable parliamentary elections. So, they added, no polls could be held before the Jatiya Sangsad elections.

The AL leaders made the demand while taking part in a discussion organized on the occasion of the 33rd martyrdom anniversary of the country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the party's central office here.

AL presidium members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Suranjit Sengupta, Labour Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, Sramik League leaders Abdus Salam Khan and Advocate Humayun Kabir, among others, took part in the discussion. Dhaka City unit of Jatiya Sramik League organized the discussion with its president Habibur Rahman in the chair.

Amu said the responsibility of the caretaker government is to hold a free and fair election. If they want, they can stage any election but it should be held after the JS polls, he added and called for announcing the date for next JS polls without any delay.

The AL central leader thanked the government and also the High Court for restoration of the status of the National Mourning Day on August 15 through a HC verdict.

Tofail Ahmed said recognizing Bangabandhu as the Father of the Nation is not any matter. "People around the globe know it better that Bangabandhu is our beloved Father of the Nation," he said.

Suranjit Sengupta said only four months are left for the next JS polls but election law is yet to be framed. "But it is being said that political parties should complete their conferences for registration," he pointed out.

He said at least six months are required to hold a conference of any political party like AL. "So, when the elections will be held?" Suranjit sought to know.