AL to hold rallies in 19 greater dists July 26-28

The Awami League will hold rallies in the 19 greater districts in July 26-28 to gear up organisational activities as a part of its preparations for the next general elections as well as to face the movement of the opposition politically.

AL sources said that the party high command had instructed the organising secretaries responsible for respective districts and local leaders to take necessary preparations to make the rallies successful.

AL organising secretaries Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Ahmed Hossain, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud, BM Mozammel Haque, Mizbah Uddin Siraj, Bahauddin Nasim and Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury have been assigned the organisational responsibilities for Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet , Barisal and Rangpur divisions respectively.

'The organising secretaries

with the cooperation of the district unit leaders will complete preparations to make the rallies successful,' AL joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif told New Age on Monday.

Hanif, also the party's spokesperson, said that the central leaders of the party in groups would attend the rallies to be addressed by senior local leaders, lawmakers of the respective constituencies and ministers.

AL organising secretary Ahmed Hossain told New Age that the organising secretaries had already started work in their respective areas to make the rallies successful.

He said that the list of the senior leaders, including the presidium members, who would attend the rallies, would be finalised soon.

Sources said that the party central working committee on Wednesday would finalise the list of the senior leaders to attend the rallies. It will also set the dates for council sessions of 11 district units and at grassroots level.

AL president Sheikh Hasina, also the prime minister, will preside over the working committee at her Ganabhaban residence, party sources said.

The AL secretariat on July 12 chalked up a number of political programmes to gear up the activities of the party.

Council sessions at upazila and union levels will be held after the council sessions of the 11 district units that remain pending, AL sources said.

Source : New Age