More mayoral candidates in the upcoming city polls yesterday declared manifestoes to woo votes.
With the election slogan “Liveable Dhaka for every one,” Bazlur Rashid Firoz, the CPB and BSD-backed mayoral candidate for the capital’s south side announced his 14-point election manifesto.
He pledged to address and solve issues including corruption, illegal occupancy, water-logging and water shortage, traffic jam, logical house rent, rehabilitation programmes for the low- and middle-income people, a children- and women-friendly city, and safe environment.
He is running for the mayor’s office in Dhaka South City Corporation with the symbol of table.
CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim and BSD General Secretary Khalequzzaman were present at the press conference at Paltan’s Mukti Bhaban, where the manifesto was announced.
Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral candidate Shahidul Islam unveiled his manifesto, with an emphasis on turning the Buriganga River into a tourist site.
Unveiled under the slogan “Green Dhaka, Clean Dhaka”, he said in the manifesto that the banks of the river would also be kept out of the clutches of grabbers.
Shahidul announced the manifesto at a press briefing at National Press Club in the morning.
Other manifesto commitments included installation of CCTV cameras to monitor the city’s waste and garbage management system, bringing workplaces under Wi-Fi services and increasing power production using waste.
The press briefing was attended by Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Joint Secretary Nazmul Haque Prodhan and Standing Committee member Mir Hossain Akhtar among others.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral candidate Bahauddin Ahmed focused on a traffic congestion-free capital city.
Bahauddin, backed by Jatiya Party, placed his 18-point manifesto yesterday in the afternoon in the capital’s Imanuel Convention Center.
He pledged to provide sufficient gas and water to households. He also promised to free the capital from the menace of mosquito and flies.
The manifesto also includes massive tree plantation, solution to water logging and protection of Turag river from degradation.
Jatiya Party Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, presidium member MA Mannan, Sunil Shuvo Roy, MA Hannan MP attended the programme, among others.
Bahauddin will contest in the election with the symbol Charka (spinning wheel).