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| Bangladesh |
| Malicious campaign in Ctg |
| 2008-12-20 |
| Supporters 4-party alliance candidate in Chittagong-10 during their campaign yesterday allegedly sold booklets containing provocative statements using religious sentiment against Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina and party policies . The supporters, mostly activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, were seen selling two booklets titled "Disgraceful picture of Awami misrule" published by Touhid Publications, Chittagong, and "Violent politics of Sheikh Hasina to foil 2007 election" written by former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Golam Azam. They were selling those at Ghosaildanga area during a campaign rally of the AL candidate. The booklets were being sold for Tk 5 and Tk 10. The booklets criticised Awami League's politics. One of them apparently had a doctored photo of AL chief Sheikh Hasina wearing Sindur (vermilion). As The Daily Star correspondent bought two booklets from a Shibir activist he was told that the Shibir men stored the booklets in a nearby library of their organisation for selling during the rally. Four-party candidate in the constituency Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said he was not aware of such activities. "I do not believe in such dirty politics of tarnishing someone's character," he said, adding, "Everybody knows that I am a clean politician. It would be a matter of Jamaat if any such incident takes place," he added. Prof Aslam Chowdhury, personal secretary to Khasru, told The Daily Star that they would be careful in future so that none could repeat such incident. Our staff correspondent in Khulna reports: Police seized 101 VCDs and audiocassettes at an office of a courier service in Khulna yesterday. The VCDs had pictures and footage of a Shibir man being killed with oars and sticks in front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka on October 28, 2006. The audiocassettes contained apparently Awami League leaders' speeches against Jamaat-e-Islami. Iqbal Hossain of Moghbazar, Dhaka, sent those to City Jamaat Ameer Mian Golam Parwar and Maulana Golam Kader, proprietor of Mamun Pharmacy at Paikgachha Bazar in Khulna. |
| Posted by:Fred |