The New Nation - Internet Edition

Sraff Reporter

Criticising the government's initiative of keeping watch on the political parties of the country through recently launched Political Intelligence Office (PIO), Awami League (AL) Acting President Zillur Rahman yesterday said that AL would resist any unconstitutional move of the Caretaker Government to eradicate politics from the country and to harass the politicians.

Zillur made this comments while the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL), student wing of AL, met with him at his Gulshan residence over the recent release of BCL General Secretary Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton. DMP commissioner Nayeem Ahmed said on Sunday that the PIO was a special

detective unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to spy on grassroots activities of political parties and its different front organisations that had begun its activities two months ago with 20 officials.

Replying to a question on holding of the national election in four months before the deadline declared by the Election Commission, Zillur said that it would be so tough task for the Government to arrange the general election in December in line with the roadmap.

"But there is no other option of holding national elections by December, as Government was putting assurance of the polls from time to time," he said.

"The government is enacting acts and ordinances being derailed from their major duty of holding the national elections. We don't know whether it is their latest strategy," he added.

Later the recently elected mayor of Barisal City Corporation Shawkat Hossain Hiron and AL leaders of the district met with Zillur Rahman.

They alleged that some leaders conspired during the city polls and requested him to take punitive action against the culprits and not to give any floor to them in the parliamentary election.