Mayors-elect greet rivals in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Khulna
Rajshahi, Sylhet and Khulna city residents yesterday, following the city corporation polls, welcomed their new mayors amid festivity while Barisal City Corporation (BCC) saw stray incidents and absence of greetings among the mayoral contestants.
The mayors-elect paid visits to the outgoing mayors, exchanged greetings with each other and treated each other to sweets. The new mayors sought future assistance while the defeated assured them of the support.
Mayor-elect Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul of Rajshahi City Corporation, along with his wife, paid a visit to AHM Khairuzzaman Liton's residence.
Mayors-elect Moniruzzaman Mony of Khulna City Corporation and Ariful Haque Chowdhury of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) also met Talukder Abdul Khaleque and Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran respectively.
Congratulating the new mayor, Finance Minister AMA Muhith, who was in Sylhet, expressed hope that Ariful would run SCC above all narrowness and would be provided all-out assistance.
Meanwhile, after BCC ward 19 results were declared, some agitated men ransacked the election office. Another group of men also ransacked the house of Giasuddin, a freedom fighter and supporter of outgoing mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron, after the mayoral election result was declared.
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