Dhaka, Oct 31 —Selina Hayat Ivy, the first Narayanganj City Corporation mayor, has vowed to deliver on her campaign pledges keeping people above party and taking her election rivals Shamim Osman and Taimur Alam Khandaker onboard.
In an interview with bdnews24.com after Sunday's landslide victory, Ivy said she would 'prioritise' developing roads, drainage and communication systems in the Corporation of 4,04,189 voters.
"Like in the past I will serve people irrespective of political affiliation or opinions. There will be no exception."
"I will try to implement the promises I made to people before the election taking brother Shamim and uncle Taimur into confidence."
Daughter of Narayanganj's first municipality chairman Ali Ahmed Chunka, Ivy beat her nearest rival Awami League-backed candidate Shamim Osman by a margin of 101,343 votes. BNP-backed Taimur withdrew just even hours to the vote on party orders citing that fact that army was not deployed in Narayanganj as scheculed.
"I'll work (to develop the city) following in the footsteps of my father's successors," a simple but confident Ivy said on Monday.
Ivy, vice-president of Awami League's Narayanganj City unit, refused to pull out from the election race when the party announced its tacit backing for Shamim.
"People never make mistakes," she said commenting on her landslide victory. "The election results proved it. Millions have voted without fear."
Her father won the election 37 years back without party support.
"I want to work taking (alongside) my brother Shamim and uncle Taimur," Ivy, who earlier served as a municipality mayor, said.
A doctor by training Ivy immigrated to New Zealand along with her computer programmer husband in 1995. But she returned home during the regime of BNP-led four-party alliance and took part in the municipality election and defeated the then government-backed candidate by a huge margin.
"I will deliver on my promises," Ivy said as critics remain skeptical whether Ivy can make a modern Narayanganj, nearly 20 kilometers away from the capital.
She once again vowed: "I am determined to remain above partisan politics to serve people."
While listing her priorities, she believes there are some big challenges to implement.
"But I will work on one each at a time in consultation with the chief engineer and other staff (of the corporation)."
She considers 'fair' election without army 'positive'. To everyone's surprise, her archrival Shamim has greeted her at a press conference on Monday saying the election was 'fair'.
from:bdnews24.com
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