Feud in Satkhira BNP over new committee
Leaders summoned to Dhaka for meeting today
Our Correspondent, Satkhira
The intra-party feud in Satkhira BNP has intensified as differences among front ranking leaders over formation of a new district committee has widened. Top leaders at district and upazila levels have been summoned by the party high command for a meeting in Dhaka today to mend the feud. BNP Senior Joint Secretary Tarique Rahman is likely to preside over the meeting, scheduled to be held at the Hawa Bhaban, party sources told this correspondent yesterday. They have been summoned as the deadline set by the party high command to form a full fledged new committee expired long ago, the sources said. Presidents and secretaries of all upazila committees will also attend the Dhaka meeting. The sources said district BNP President Habibul Islam Habib MP and General Secretary Rahmatullah Palash were asked on June 23 to form a full-fledged committee by June 23. But it could not be formed. Ahead of the Dhaka meeting, the faction led by Habibul Islam Habib held a party meeting yesterday at Satkhira district BNP office with district Krishak Dal President Mohammad Ali in the chair. It was addressed by, among others, Habibul Islam Habib, former district BNP secretary and Public Prosecutor (PP) Syed Iftekhar Ali and Advocate Samsuzzoha Baflu. The meeting adopted a proposal to form a new district committee headed by Habibul Islam Habib and Samsuzzoha Bablu as president and general secretary respectively. The proposal is expected to be placed at today's meeting at Hawa Bhaban, the sources said. On the other hand, Rahmatullah Palash says there is no conflict between him and Habibul Islam regarding organisational matters. But he told this correspondent, "If they (Habib and Iftekhar) placed a new committee at the meeting, we will also place a new committee to be headed by Abdur Rouf, Rahmatullah Palash and Abdul Alim as president, general secretary and organising secretary". The BNP high command on June 9 last year dissolved the committee headed by Abdul Jalil and Syed Iftekhar Ali and formed a committee headed by Habibul Islam Habib and Abdul Jalil, asking them to form a full fledged committee within three months. But the committee could not be formed in one year allegedly due to internal feud. This has created frustration in the rank and file in Stakhira BNP, party sources said.
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