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 event back senior leaders of the party but a unqualified decision is still to be taken, said several sources of the supervision and AL. Members of the AL national in capture committee may discuss the issue during a meeting at Gonobhaban today (Saturday), the sources appendage. Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, however,has said that to the fore there is already a imitate in this regard, they can concern ahead later the party parable again and see how it turnsout. If any difficulty arises, the party can shift away from using the symbols, he unconventional. In November, the cabinet certified a proposal in assist clean mayoral and chairman, vice-chairman candidates to use party symbols in municipality, upazila parishad and sticking together parishad elections. If the supervision wants to flesh and blood away from the system of using party symbols, it has to modify the description again through thenational parliament. Union parishad polls are scheduled to be
held in March even if the neighboring parliamentary session will convene in the region of 20 January. According to determined AL leaders, it is hard to choose and run chairman candidates for in the region of 4,500 seats of the sticking together parishads. AL had to focus on a number of antigovernment candidates during the recently held municipal elections. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has moreover discussed as soon as her party leaders informally approximately the problems of holding the upcoming bond parishad polls taking into account party symbols. According to sources in the Election Commission, the commission is in addition to happening to date of the issue and awaits the paperworks decision. Local presidency, rural move on and cooperatives minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain coarsely Friday told that he is yet to obtain any directives or suggestions for holding promise parishad election subsequent to party symbols. Even if any such directive comes, he said, he will speak in favour of holding the local body polls allowing registered political parties to nominate their candidates. Two peak leaders of ruling AL said that it was severe to holdthe municipal elections knocked out political party banners as there had been no polls in the middle of BNP and AL previously 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 make problems for the AL as it is tough to rule rebels at the grassroots. Another senior AL leader said thousands of rebels can appear in the to the lead the upcoming concord parishad polls closely 4,500 seats for the ruling party. If these rebels are expelled from the party,it can lose power and strength at the grassroots. AL presidium believer Obaidul Quader told that selecting candidates is a tough task but they are still to profit any directives to touch away from the decision of partisan local giving out elections.