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AL runs on subscription, not extortion
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Awami League is a people-oriented political party, not a business organisation, which runs on subscriptions of party's leaders, workers and sympathisers. "We don't do business but do politics for the welfare of the people. So, the donation and assistance that we receive from our well-wishers should not be treated as extortion," she said while talking to party leaders at her Sudha Sadan residence.
"Invest! Or else! It's for the People."
Meherpur District AL President Joinal Abedin, Awami Ulema League leader Liaquat Hossain Belali, Juba Mohila League General Secretary Prof Apu Ukil and its central leader Sabina Akhter Tuhin met Hasina at her residence. They quoted Hasina as saying that many mills and factories in the public sector were in operation during the five-year rule of the AL government when workers and employees of these mills used to pay subscriptions voluntarily to the party fund.

The meeting sources said that Hasina instructed her party leaders and workers to have patience taking into consideration the situation now prevailing in the country. Hasina expressed her Deep Concern® over health condition of the party's detained General Secretary Abdul Jalil who is now undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.
Posted by: Fred 2007-06-05
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