3 mayoral candidates promise Rajshahi industrial city

All three contesting candidates for mayoral post in the upcoming
election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have committed that they
will build Rajshahi as agriculture-based industrial city if they are
elected.  Besides, they will work for launching sitting bus service
for the city dwellers, bringing navigability in the Padma River,
resisting drug addiction and removing residential crises of the
students in the city.
They expressed the commitment in an election dialogue hosted by BBC
Bangla and BBC Media Action held at Rajshahi Medical College
Auditorium here last (Friday) night.  Mayoral candidates- AHM
Khairuzzaman Liton, Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul and Habibur Rahman-
faced the public and responded to the several questions in the
one-hour long dialogue.  Reminding the city dwellers about visible
development works former mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton said: “We have
implemented 14 out of 23-points election manifesto of last election.
Next, I want to finish the rest if I am elected”.
Responding to some other queries he says town service bus will be
launched with initiative of RCC. Apart from this, water flow in the
Padma River will be restored through creating navigation for overall
development of the mighty river.  Replying a question relating to get
recent support of Hefazat-E-Islami another mayoral candidate
Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul said: “Hefazat isn’t any registered
organization. There is no question of implementing their 13-point
demands”.  “If I am elected I shall transform the city into a
terrorism and drug-addiction free city through creating mass-awareness
to prevent drug addiction,” he added.
Besides, he said measures will be taken to arrange state level
declaration to Rajshahi as an educational city.  Bulbul also says
Rajshahi will be converted into a full-fledged educational city after
establishing BKSP College, Medical University and Agricultural
University if he is elected.  Habibur Rahman, another candidate, says
Rajshahi will be taken forward through adopting more need-oriented
projects if he is elected in the election.
(BSS, Rajshahi)

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