While explaining the reason for contesting from the city constituency, he said that it was the people of Dacca who contributed the maximum blood for his release and it was in the Dacca Central Jail where he had spent 10 years of his youthful days. He claimed to be more “Daccaiya” than Khawaja Khairuddin, who incidentally happens to be of Kashmiri origin. The Sheikh claimed that lie had established blood'-relation with the local people with whom he had spent the best part of his life. IIc promised to give due consideration to them as for the local problems, particularly the provision of an alternative drainage against the sealed Dolaikhal and home for the uprooted destitute.
Sheikh Mujib said that crores of rupees were being drained in Bengal lo defeat the Awami League in the next election and conspiracies were still being hatched by the vested interests to defer the transfer to the elected representatives of the people in the same old style that was adopted in 1954 after the historic victory of the United Front.
