Sakku won't join BNP with 'conditions'
Comilla mayor-elect Monirul Haque Sakku yesterday said he has declined to rejoin BNP accepting any conditions.
"I have been contacted by some top [BNP] leaders to join the party soon, even tomorrow. I also want it to serve the people, but not accepting any condition," said Sakku, who had resigned as the joint secretary general of Comilla district (south) BNP to contest the January 5 polls his party boycotted.
The former mayor of now-defunct Comilla municipality, Sakku also said he will quit office if he fails to present the city dwellers any development in the next one year.
Nagorik Committee-backed candidate Sakku was speaking to journalists yesterday morning at his residence in Comilla.
He won Thursday's polls defeating the ruling party-backed contender and joint convener of Comilla district AL, Afzal Khan by around 30,000 votes.
Addressing the reporters, the new mayor vowed to work rising above the party interests for bringing desirable change in the city.
Sakku said he would prioritise resolving the city's five existing problems -- traffic jam, water logging, drug, education and health -- on an urgent basis instead of designing new development plans.
"Since I am pledge-bound to the people to develop the city, I will have to work for them.
“I am ready to listen to the people and to resolve their problems. I will surely step down from the post if I fail to improve the city within one year," he said.
“To come up with effective plan for resolving the crises, I will work in consultation with the ward councillors, civil society representatives and others," Sakku said.
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