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DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Bangladesh is stage to its final political rallies ahead of parliamentary elections Monday in the southern Asian nation, party officials said.
The Independent reported Saturday that in Dhaka, former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was to address a huge rally before Saturday's midnight deadline for electioneering to end.
Her main rival, Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League, who also is a former prime minister, was due to speak in the port city of Chittagong.
Elsewhere, candidates and their surrogates are expected to make appeals to much smaller crowds.
"I didn't open my shop today, as I will campaign for my chosen candidate. I will especially go to the women who usually do not come out of homes," said Delwar Hossain, a paramedic in the eastern district of Brahmanbaria.
"Both the BNP and the Awami League have separate campaign CDs that people are keenly watching. They seem to know only Hasina and Khaleda but have little idea about their manifestos," Delwar was quoted by the British newspaper as saying.
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