AL in a dilemma over partisan UP polls

The experience of the recent municipal elections has probablyprompted the ruling Awami League to shift away from using party symbols in the bond parishad polls. AL president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina has informally discussed the shape taking into account senior leaders of the party but a utter decision is prematurely taken, said several sources of the running and AL. Members of the AL national on the go committee may discuss the business during a meeting at Gonobhaban today (Saturday), the sources membership. Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, however,has said that back there is already a operate in this regard, they can go assist on taking into account the party parable again and look how it turnsout. If any shackle arises, the party can shift away from using the symbols, he supplementary. In November, the cabinet qualified a proposal to pay for in mayoral and chairman, vice-chairman candidates to use party symbols in municipality, upazila parishad and conformity parishad elections. If the slant of view wants to shape away from the system of using party symbols, it has to rearrange the financial credit following more through thenational parliament. Union parishad polls are scheduled to be
held in March even though the adjacent-door parliamentary session will convene vis--vis 20 January. According to certain AL leaders, it is hard to choose and have the funds for an opinion chairman candidates for re 4,500 seats of the bond parishads. AL had to manage a number of antigovernment candidates during the recently held municipal elections. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has plus discussed taking into account her party leaders informally approximately the problems of holding the upcoming bond parishad polls as soon as party symbols. According to sources in the Election Commission, the commission is plus aware of the issue and awaits the giving outs decision. Local twist, rural consent to assistance to on payment and cooperatives minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday told that he is still to reach any directives or suggestions for holding sticking to parishad election in the middle of party symbols. Even if any such directive comes, he said, he will speak in favour of holding the local body polls allowing registered diplomatic parties to nominate their candidates. Two peak leaders of ruling AL said that it was severe to holdthe municipal elections sedated political party banners as there had been no polls together together in the midst of BNP and AL back 2008. And BNPs debacle in the election has already substantiated ALs credibility and popularity, they optional appendage.
But holding partisan elections at covenant parishad level may make problems for the AL as it is tough to control rebels at the grassroots. Another senior AL leader said thousands of rebels can appear by now the upcoming concurrence parishad polls against 4,500 seats for the ruling party. If these rebels are expelled from the party,it can lose expertise and strength at the grassroots. AL presidium helper Obaidul Quader told that selecting candidates is a tough task but they are still to obtain any directives to concern away from the decision of partisan local dispensation elections.