Vote against 4-party alliance

Badruddoza urges expatriates
By Staff Correspondent
20 April 2006, 18:00 PM
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday urged the Bangladeshi expatriates to cast their votes against BNP-Jamaat alliance in the next general election to save the nation from the grip of corruption, terrorism and poverty.

The four-party alliance government took no measures for the welfare of the expatriates and failed to properly utilise their remittance, he said and called on them to be united against the government.

The BDB chief made the call when Faruque Chowdhury, adviser to BDB unit at the UK, met him at his Baridhara residence in the city.

Badruddoza said corruption, terrorism and poverty marked the four and a half years' tenure of the alliance government and the ruling party men have grabbed crores of taka through corrupt means.

The alliance government has also tarnished the image of the country by patronising religious militancy and indulging in widespread corruption, he added.

The BDB president also called on all to elect honest, talented and competent candidates for the greater interest of the nation.

BDB Organising Secretary Mahi B Chowdhury MP, Jubo Dhara leader Jahangir Alam Biplob and BDB activists were also present at the meeting.