None were foiled

Awami League presidium member and Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said none of the rallies in Chattogram were foiled on Thursday.

“Few activists were disrupting the atmosphere by chanting slogans at a rally. Being angry, I did not deliver a speech there,” he said at a press conference at Chattogram Press Club.

The rally was held at Azadibazar in Fatikchhari upazila. The minister visited the upazila to attend five such gatherings, organised by the upazila unit of AL.

According to witnesses, some AL activists at Azadibazar started chanting slogans in the name of Abu Tayab, former general secretary of Chattogram north district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League.

The minister urged them to stop, but in vain, they added. He then left without addressing the rally.

“But some of the media highlighted the incident saying that my rally was foiled halfway through, which is not fair,” Mosharraf said.

“Four other rallies were held successfully but they did not highlight it.”

“I would like to request the media to highlight news of our success also,” he added.