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| Jamaat-Shibir 'ready to foil' elections |
| 2014-01-05 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition.... has instructed all its party offices across the country to resist people from going to their respective polling centres, said sources in the party. "The Jamaat-Shibir activists would remain active on the field to foil the polls for the sake of saving Islam," said a leader of the party. Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... more than 100 polling centres were reportedly torched yesterday until 9pm. A number of Jamaat leaders claimed the activists were going door to door to convince voters not to go to the polling centres to cast votes for "saving Islam and democracy." "The central committee has instructed our leaders and activists to coordinate with BNP activists and take position at the polling centres where Jamaat has strong connections," a Jamaat leader told the Dhaka Tribune wishing anonymity. The central committee of Jamaat had instructed its activists to form "poll resistance committees" with BNP in all the constituencies at zilla, thana, upazila, union and wards to foil the polls, however, many of the Jamaat activists were yet to form such committee, according to the sources The Jamaat-Shibir men also have threatened to make a list of those who will go to the polling centres in several constituencies including Satkhira 1, an area considered to be stronghold of Jamaat. In last few days, the main opposition parties including BNP and Jamaat went on a rampage to thwart the "one-sided 10th parliamentary election" to be held today. Fourteen-party alliance candidate in Satkhira 1 Mostafa Lutfullah alleged that some Jamaat activists hiding faces behind masks brought out a procession in Jalalabad area in Satkhira 1 on Friday night. They rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the election. "The local administration did not take any step against them even after being informed," he said. Independent candidate of the same constituency SM Mojibur Rahman alleged that Jamaat men had been threatening voters in different areas for not going to the polling centres. He demanded that law enforcement agencies be more active in the violence-prone areas. Many people from the minor communities have already left Satkhira sadar in the wake of the violence broken out by Jamaat in Satkhira 2 in February last year. "Still Jamaat-Shibir activists are threatening the minorities and those who have left are yet to return to their homes out of fear," said a leader of Hindu-Buddha-Christian Oikya Gay Pareehad on condition of anonymity. Another 11-party candidate Mir Mostaque Ahmed and independent candidate Saiful Karim demanded the law enforcement agencies to pay special attention to Jamaat-dominated areas. "The supporters of liberation war will go to the polling centres if assurance is given by the local administration," Mostaque said. |
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