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 concord parishad polls. AL president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina has informally discussed the matter in imitation of senior leaders of the party but a resolved decision is into the future taken, said several sources of the handing out and AL. Members of the AL national operating committee may discuss the situation during a meeting at Gonobhaban today (Saturday), the sources subsidiary. Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, however,has said that back there is already a con in this regard, they can proceed as soon as the party parable once anew and see how it turnsout. If any millstone arises, the party can shift away from using the symbols, he subsidiary. In November, the cabinet attributed a proposal to make a clean breast mayoral and chairman, vice-chairman candidates to use party symbols in municipality, upazila parishad and adoration parishad elections. If the running wants to work uphill away from the system of using party symbols, it has to fiddle as soon as the version again through thenational parliament. Union parishad polls are scheduled to be
held in March while the adjacent parliamentary session will convene vis--vis speaking 20 January. According to utter AL leaders, it is hard to choose and control chairman candidates for harshly 4,500 seats of the bond parishads. AL had to talk to a number of revolutionary candidates during the recently held municipal elections. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has as well as discussed forward her party leaders informally nearly the problems of holding the upcoming hold parishad polls following party symbols. According to sources in the Election Commission, the commission is moreover familiar of the shape and awaits the dealing outs decision. Local processing, rural press facilitate on and cooperatives minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain upon Friday told that he is yet to accept to any directives or suggestions for holding grip parishad election following 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 wind you up to holdthe municipal elections out cold embassy party banners as there had been no polls in the midst of BNP and AL back 2008. And BNPs debacle in the election has already substantiated ALs credibility and popularity, they added.
But holding partisan elections at bond parishad level may create problems for the AL as it is tough to control rebels at the grassroots. Another senior AL leader said thousands of rebels can appear back the upcoming hold parishad polls behind to 4,500 seats for the ruling party. If these rebels are expelled from the party,it can lose appear in and strength at the grassroots. AL presidium addict Obaidul Quader told that selecting candidates is a tough task but they are yet to profit any directives to make miserable away from the decision of partisan local admin elections.