AL not to hold conferences, form committees: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said their party will keep stopped holding conferences and forming committees at all levels during the upcoming upazila parishad elections.

The Awami League general secretary said this at a press conference at AL President’s Dhanmondi political office on Saturday.

About the participation of close relatives of ministers and AL lawmakers in upazila elections, Quader said close relatives will have to step away from taking part in the upazila polls.

Directives have been given to prepare a list of those who are still in polls, he said.

AL Joint General Secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretaries BM Mozammel Haque, SM Kamal Hossain and Sujit Roy Nandi, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Publicity and Publications Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap and Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan were present.