Campaign on in full swing

As the day of election to the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) of Chittagong unit nears, candidates are busy with their campaigning in different public and private hospitals in Chittagong district.
The triennial election to the BMA is scheduled to be held on November 29.
Candidates from pro-Awami League Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad (Swachip), pro-BNP Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB) and Jamaat-e-Islami backed National Doctors' Forum (NDF) are contesting the poll.
Sources said the DAB and NDF have formed an unofficial alliance to contest against the Swachip candidates.
Meanwhile, Swachip rebel candidate Dr AMM Minhazur Rahman will contest independently for the general secretary post.
DAB-NDF candidate for president post Dr Khurshid Jamil Chowdhury said they were facing obstruction by Swachip activists during campaign at different hospitals.
“We have informed the matter to the election commissioner. But any action was not taken yet,” he said adding that Swachip activists removed their banners from Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) campus.
CMCH deputy director and the election's commissioner Dr Kazi Shafiqul Alam said he did not get any written complaint from any candidate.
“Some candidates verbally and over telephone alleged that their posters and banners are being removed at night,” he said, adding that he has sent letters to the candidates to abide by the electoral code of conduct.
Swachip leader and incumbent president of the BMA unit Dr Sheikh Shafiul Azam said they have asked their activists not to create any obstruction in campaigning of any candidates.