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I would be victorious: Ivy

Expressing firm optimism about her victory in the December 22 elections, Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy said ‘I would be victorious Insha Allah.’She also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina for getting the party nomination for the upcoming NCC polls, reports BSS.‘I’m also grateful to the grassroots Awami League leaders and mass people in this regard,’ she said in her instant reaction after getting the AL nomination on Friday.Ivy, daughter of late Ali Ahmad Chumka, a former chairman of Narayanganj municipality and AL leader, also said she would contest the polls taking all with us and forgetting differences. Earlier, Bangladesh Awami League nominated Ivy to contest the mayoral post for the upcoming NCC polls.The decision was taken at a meeting of the AL Local Government Nomination Board held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the prime minister, here this evening, an AL press release said.AL Local Government Nomination Board President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting.The meeting took another decision that priority will be given to the public survey in extending party support among those who have applied for AL nomination in the district council elections, the release said.