Awami League-backed candidate Annisul Huq hit the campaign trail at Karwan Bazar’s railway slum on Tuesday. Former MP and actress Sarah Begum Kabori’s campaign was limited to her relatives and neighbours at Gulshan.
That was Annisul Huq, contestant of the coveted mayoral post of capital Dhaka’s North City Corporation. “I am a new fakir on the street,” Huq, never tired of having a laugh at his own expense, told Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman.
But the Awami League-endorsed candidate has declared in the affidavit that his wife, son and daughters have house, apartment and money. A court order has made it legally binding on candidates in local government elections to reveal seven types of information, including their education. There is a provision to make the information public as well.
Awami League tent candidates for both halves of Dhaka city corporations elections secured their polls-symbol today.
Dhaka Nagorik Samaj, a platform of professionals, today extended their support to the Awami League sponsored mayoral hopefuls for the Dhaka city corporation elections. At a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) this afternoon, Nagorik Samaj urged Dhaka dwellers to vote for Annisul and Khokon for betterment of the city.
Condemning the sexual assaults on women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq today said he has a plan to bring the entire city under CCTV surveillance if he is elected.
Awami League-blessed mayoral aspirant Annisul Huq today presented a survey report on the problems of Dhaka North City Corporation and pledged to solve those if elected. Annisul was speaking at a press conference at Spectra Convention Centre in Gulshan-1 this afternoon.
Voting began in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations this morning amid fear of violence. Starting from 8:00am, the voting will continue till 4:00pm without any break in between.
Awami League-backed candidates Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon were unofficially declared the mayors of Dhaka North and Dhaka South city corporations, early today. The elections however were boycotted by BNP-endorsed candidates amid rigging, violence and intimidation.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today termed the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections victory for democracy. “It is a victory of democracy and an outcome of people’s verdict against anarchists and militancy,” said the premier when the newly elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka north and south city corporations met her at Gono Bhaban this evening.
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