Ctg AL factions talk of unity ahead of March 28 grand rally
Rival faction leaders of Chittagong city unit Awami League (AL) yesterday called upon its leaders and activists to forget the past differences and work unitedly for making the party's March 28 grand rally a success.
The leaders also vowed to gather over a million people for the programme, to be held on Pologround in the port city, to support the ongoing trial of the war criminals.
Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to address the rally as the chief guest.
Most of the AL leaders of Chittagong city unit, who remained divided into two factions since the last parliamentary elections, shared the same stage at a workers' meeting in the city yesterday to take decisions regarding the upcoming rally.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Amin was present at the meeting as the chief guest with AL Chittagong city unit President ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury in the chair.
Afsarul said the main opposition party is doing conspiracy in a bid to save the war criminals.
He emphasised on greater unity among the party leaders and activists to thwart all sort of conspiracy.
Mohiuddin urged the party's grassroot level leaders and activists and its associate organisations to work together for the rally, keeping aside all differences of opinions.
The gap between the AL Chittagong city unit's two factions, one led by Mohiuddin and another led by Afasarul and Nurul Islam BSc, started to diminish recently following an initiative by the party's high command.
Mohiuddin, at the meeting, also criticised hanging up of posters and banners printed with large size photographs of local leaders while the photograph of the party chief is printed in small size in the same posters.
Veteran AL leader Ishaq Mia, AL Chittagong city unit General Secretary Kazi Inamul Hoque Danu, Vice-President Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury, Joint Secretary Advocate Ibrahim Hossain Babul and AL leader AJM Nasiruddin also spoke at the meeting.
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