Ruling Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Wednesday asked the ministers and lawmakers to attend the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue regularly until the next parliamentary polls.
She also asked the MPs to maintain strong relationship with the party activists in their respective constituencies.
The AL chief also asked the city unit leaders to take all out preparation to make the party’s August 30 public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan successful.
Also the prime minister, Hasina gave the directives at a meeting at her official residence Ganabhaban with the leaders and MPs of Dhaka city.
“I several times asked the ministers and MPs to join the party office regularly. But they did not do it. Now they have to do so regularly,” she said after an MP alleged that ministers and lawmakers hardly visit party office while the party supporters did not have access to the minister’s apartments.
Sources confirmed that the ruling party would start its formal election campaigns from the Suhrawardy Udyan rally. Hasina asked the city leaders and MPs to ensure huge participation at the rally.
She once again said the Dhaka City unit would be divided into two parts and committees would be declared soon.
Hasina also asked the city leaders to hold conferences to the grassroots level units within the city unit immediately, sources said.
The party’s Dhaka City unit council was held on December 27 last year, but no committee was announced.
The meeting was attended by city unit acting president MA Aziz and General Secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya; MPs Sahara Khatun, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Dr Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, Fazley Nur Taposh, AKM Rahmatullah, Asaduzzaman Khan, Mizanur Rahman Khan, Habibur Rahman Mollah, SanjidaKhanam, Nasrul Hamid and Elias Uddin Mollah; Jubo League Chairman Omor Faruk Chowdhury and General Secretary Harun-or-Rashid; Sechchasebok League President Mollah Abu Kawser and General Secretary Pankaj Devnath; and Chhatra League President Bodiuzzaman Shohag and General Secretary Siddique Nazmul Alam.
