Chairman of Jatiya Party (JP) HM Ershad on Monday termed the defeat of Ajmotullah Khan in the just concluded Gazipur City Corporation election (GCC) as the perilous ‘Signal No-10’ for the ruling Awami League led 14-party grand alliance government. He made the remark while inaugurating
the Dilkusha Branch of his Union Bank at Motijheel in the city.Ajmatullah Khan, the ruling alliance backed candidate was defeated by Prof MA Mannan, the BNP led 18-party opposition alliance backed mayoral candidate in a huge margin of votes in the first GCC election on Saturday.
The JP chief said it was meaningless to extend Jatiya Party’s support to Ajmat at the last moment since the local JP leaders and activists were working in favour of Mannan since the beginning.
Referring to the failures of the AL-led grand alliance government to run the country, Ershad said that the people are now dissatisfied over the misdeeds of the government including, share market, hallmark scam and traffic congestions in Dhaka and other major cities in the country.
The former president reiterated his demand to create eight provinces to decentralize the administration.
Among others, managing director of the bank Abdul Hamid Miah, JP presidium members-Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and Shunil Subha Roy were present at the function.
-With The Independent input
