Staff Correspondent

Politicians and former bureaucrats at a discussion meeting on Friday called for holding the next general election at the earliest as the Election Commission had announced a roadmap for holding the polls by December.

The one-year rule of the present interim government proved that the country must be ruled by the politicians, they told the discussion meeting, organised by Sher-e-Bangla Smriti Academy at National Press Club to mark the 152nd anniversary of birth of Ashwini Kumar Datta.

The participants observed that the government failed to control the price hike of essential commodities and the country saw a sluggish economy during the period.

Awami League presidium member Suranjit Sengupta said the state of emergency had created fear among the businesspeople as well as other sections of the people. He urged the government to immediately lift the state of emergency and ban on political activities. Suranjit also called on the government to resume the dialogue soon with the political parties for holding the national election.

Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon said, 'We will have to work for making progress towards non-communal progressive politics in the country as Bangladesh may face the situation like Pakistan without it.' The aims of 1/11 have already failed and there is no alternative to holding the general election within the shortest possible time, he added, saying, 'We must follow the ideals of Ashwini Kumar to restore democracy and establish progressive politics in the country.'

Chaired by M Matiur Rahman, the meeting was addressed, among others, by former minister Sunil Gupta and Tapankar Chakraborty. Ten eminent personalities were honoured with crests at the programme for their contributions to their respective fields.

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