Vow to resist polls under Hasan
Staff Correspondent
Sammilita Nagorik Andolon, a platform for united citizens' movement, yesterday vowed to resist any election under Justice KM Hasan, probable chief adviser to the next caretaker government, and MA Aziz, chief election commissioner.At two separate rallies in the capital, the leaders of the platform said they cannot accept Justice Hasan as the chief of the caretaker government and MA Aziz as the chief election commissioner because of their involvement with the BNP politics. They also vowed to build countrywide resistance if the government makes Justice Hasan chief adviser ignoring the demands for electoral reforms by Awami League-led 14-party opposition combine. The speakers said they will stage demonstrations, form human chains and hold rallies in the capital from October 28, the day the present government will step down and the caretaker government will take over. They also urged their activists to come to Dhaka from all over the country on the day when Justice Hasan is likely to assume office. Dr Qazi Faruque Ahmed, chief of Proshika, said people are now very much anxious about the next election because Justice Hasan and MA Aziz are not neutral. Around one thousand people under the platform brought out processions and held rallies at Muktangan and Central Shaheed Minar. The left-leaning 11-party also held a meeting at the Workers' Party office in the city where the party leaders said an unexpected situation will prevail in the country if the dialogue between Awami League and BNP fails to reach a consensus.
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