Khulna BNP secy threatens to quit if action not taken against Lobi
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
Khulna city BNP Secretary Nazrul Islam Manju yesterday reiterated his decision to quit BNP along with supporters if party high command buys further time to take action against lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi and his cadres for Saturday's attack.Ali Asgar Lobi is involved in making illegal money through hundi, smuggling gold, manpower business and illegal occupation of houses in Khulna and Dhaka, Manju alleged while talking to The Daily Star at the Khulna city BNP office yesterday. Terming Lobi an "identified godfather of terrorists", Manju said BNP cannot do well under his leadership. The Khulna city BNP yesterday held an emergency meeting at its KD Ghose Road party office following Saturday's clash between the two rival factions of BNP at about 11:30am at the Zia hall in the city. The meeting unanimously resolved to file a case accusing Khulna city Jasas President Tariqul Islam Toru and district Jasas President Abdul Halim of misappropriating eight metric tonnes of wheat and selling a young woman of Paikgachha upazila to a foreign national recently. Meanwhile, efforts are being made to expel Nazrul Islam Manju and district BNP Secretary Shafiqul Alam Mona, sources close to the Khulna city Mayor Shaikh Tayebur Rahman said. Ali Asgar Lobi is playing a key role in arranging a meeting between the Khulna city mayor and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the sources said.
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