No alternative to fresh participatory election: Charmonai Pir

The Pir Shaheb of charmonai, Mufti Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim has said that there is no alternative to a fresh election enlisting the participation of all political parties to overcome the political deadlock prevailing in the country.
In a statement issued to the press the Pir Shaheb who is also the Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh said experience has shown that election becomes free and fair under a caretaker government, not under the incumbents. But this is realised by the major parties only when they are in the opposition.Recalling the movement for caretaker government waged by the Awami League and some other parties in the first half of the 1990s the Pir Shaheb said they had called hartal in any district the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia went to address public meetings. The Bnp government on the other hand was extremely reluctant to accept the demand for election under caretaker government, but finally had to concede the demand.
The Ameer of IAB diplorerd that the Awami League leaders have forgotten their past movement for which they called blockades and hartals making the life of the ordinarty people miserale. At present the Bnp has been waging a movement to press the demand for election under a caretaker government.
The Pir Shabeb said that the people were suffering because of the serious confrontation between the government and the opposition.
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai has urged all people to make his programme of ‘March for peace’ in Dhaka city a success; – Staff Reporter