I won’t budge on my stance: Ershad

--JP not splitting, Ershad declares

--Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu removed as secy general

--Ruhul Amin Howlader replaces Bablu

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad today said that he would not budge on his decision on appointing GM Quader and ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader co-chairman and secretary general of the party respectively.

“I am firm on my decision and will remain unchanged until my death,” Ershad said.

Ershad was talking to reporters while coming out of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban after a meeting of the Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) this afternoon.

A day into making his brother the co-chairman of Jatiya Party, HM Ershad today removed Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu as secretary general.

The JP chairman also appointed Ruhul Amin Howlader as the new secretary general of the party.

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“Impossible, Jatiya Party won’t split,” Ershad said after a press conference at his Banani residence today.

“No one can touch this party, I am its chairman. No one confuses anyone,” he said.

During the press conference, Ershad declared to remove his secretary general Ziauddin Bablu and made Ruhul Amin Howlader his new secretary general.

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The press conference was held at 2:00pm this afternoon after a much hyped rift within the party centering the appointment of Ershad’s brother GM Quader as the co-chairman.

The move displeased many leaders as they took it as an indication of Quader being the next chairman of Jatiya Party.

On the other hand, splitting is nothing new for Jatiya Party. It has already split four times with the last one of Kazi Zafar Ahmed “expelling” Ershad and joining hands with BNP.

Ershad, who is currently a special envoy of the prime minister, is also a known chameleon character who flip-flopped went back on his words countless times.