Awami League-backed mayoral candidate for DNCC Sayeed Khokon spent a busy day yesterday participating in rallies, view-exchange meetings and a discussion.
As part of his electioneering, he attended rallies at various points of wards 14, 15 and 22 in New Market, Hazaribagh, and Dhanmondi areas in the capital.
Different pro-Awami League professional bodies organised the rallies, view-exchange meetings and discussions.
Khokon, the son of the first city mayor of Dhaka Mohammad Hanif, started his campaign yesterday by joining a rally at Tannery More in Hazaribagh at 11 am.
The programme was organised jointly by owners and employees of the tannery industry, Sahasra Nagorik Committee, and the local Awami League unit.
Local Awami League lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh, local Awami League leaders, activists, and several hundred supporters were also present at the rally.
Claiming himself to be honest with a clean image, Khokon sought votes saying that he would follow in the footsteps of his father, the late Mohammad Hanif.
“Please elect me as a mayor just for once, and I will sacrifice myself for city dwellers like my father,” Khokon pleaded.
After that, he went to join another rally at Hazarigbagh at 12:45pm from where his motorcade set off for the Panthopath intersection.
He also visited different areas of Kalabagan, Kathalbagan, Panthopath and Bangla Motor on foot. He ended his campaign around 3pm in Bangla Motor area.
After he ended his door-to-door campaign, the ruling party-backed mayoral candidate joined a dialogue organised by World Vision at the Krishibid Institution where other mayoral aspirants also took part in the dialogue.
After that, Khokon attended a discussion in Golam Murshed Community Centre at 7pm in Old Dhaka. The programme was organied by the Sahastra Nagorik Committee.
Meanwhile, Awami League lawmaker and singer Momtaj Begum carried out a campaign for Khokon at different parts of Old Dhaka.
Replying to a question about the attacks on Khaleda Zia during her election campaign for her party-backed candidates, Khokon said: “If someone’s [Khaleda] motorcade was attacked, it was her affair, and there was nothing others could do.”
Seeking votes in the Lalbagh, Azimpur and New Market areas, Khokon also said he would like to dedicate his life to serving people like his father and first Dhaka city Mayor Mohammad Hanif.