AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has submitted his nomination paper for contesting in the upcoming election for the mayoral post of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC).
Liton accompanied by scores of leaders, workers and followers submitted nomination paper to Returning Officer and Regional Election Officer Delwar Hossain at his office on Monday.
Earlier on Sunday last, he resigned from the RCC Mayor post for taking part in the election scheduled to be held on June 21.
After submission of the nomination paper, Khairuzzaman Liton talked to the journalists saying he will complete all the unfinished development works if he is reelected.
Liton, who is presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), will contest in the upcoming mayoral election as he was nominated by his party high command for the election.
"We will expand the existing 96 square kilometre city area to around 400 square kilometres consisting of the adjacent areas, including the char (riverbed) of the Padma river if I was voted to power again," Liton said, adding that five more flyovers will be constructed for the overall development of the metropolis by freeing it from traffic congestion.
Dhaka TribuneVarious other development works are being implemented as part of RCC's Tk2,993-crore project titled Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development in Rajshahi City at present.
Creation of job opportunities issue will get priority through establishing small and medium enterprises during next mayoral term, the praesidium member of AL added.
"I know the city dwellers have some other unfulfilled hopes. I would like to fulfil them in the next 5 years if I get a chance. The condition of industrialization in Rajshahi is not good and there is not much employment opportunity," he said.
He also added: "I will try to find out how to industrialize there, increase employment. Employment will be number 1 in my election manifesto. With the cooperation of Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, I want to develop Rajshahi as an active city."
Before that, he was elected as the mayor for the second time in the RCC election on July 30, 2018, and officially took office on October 5 with a debt burden of Tk10 crore.
On May 21, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton resigned leaving a surplus of Tk40 crore in the revenue sector fund of RCC. At the end of the last working day, he left the city hall at 9pm. Khairuzzaman Liton was the first mayor from 2008 to 2013.
