Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be going to Sylhet for the start of her election campaign.
Central, district and metropolitan Awami League leaders are busy making last-minute preparations to welcome the prime minister to the city on Tuesday. The whole city, including surrounding areas of the Alia Madrasa grounds, is in a festive mood.
Awami League activists are also coming from different districts in Sylhet division to attend the public meeting.
Sylhet gets ready for the election
Earlier, Sylhet District Awami League General Secretary Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury said they had completed all the preparation for her trip.
"We are ready to welcome the prime minister, whose visit is very important for the upcoming national and city corporation elections,” he said.
He also said, like in previous years, the Awami League president will ask the people of Sylhet to vote for Awami League in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
PM Sheikh Hasina will start her campaign by visiting the holy shrines in Sylhet.
The premier will begin her tour by visiting the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal, Hazrat Shah Poran and Sylhet's first muslim, Gazi Burhan Uddin on Tuesday. Later that afternoon, she will address an election rally at the Alia Madrasa grounds, where she is expected to highlight various development activities of the Awami League government in Sylhet. The prime minister's Special Security Force has visited these places over the last few days.
Sylhet Metropolitan Awami League President and Central Committee member Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran said the prime minister always starts her campaign by visiting the holy shrines in Sylhet.
He said: “Party leaders should put aside their differences and work tirelessly to ensure Awami League's victory in the next election.”
This article was first published in banglatribune.com