Fresh protests against Kendua BNP body
Party men march streets for dissolution of committee formed by lawmaker
Our Correspondent, Netrakona
BNP leaders and activists brought out a big procession and held a rally at Kendua upazila town yesterday demanding dissolution of upazila BNP committee, formed on June 27 at a council, boycotted by a faction.At the rally held in front of Kendua Press Club, party leaders said the agitation will continue till dissolution of the committee and they will not work for the party candidate in next parliamentary election under this committee . They said the committee formed by Khadija Amin MP included newcomers in the party and sidelined dedicated leaders and workers. The lawmaker also formed party's union committees as per her choice, which created division in party units at all levels, they said. They said Nazmul Haque Kachi and Delwar Hossain Bhuiyan, president and secretary of the newly formed committee, joined BNP from Jatiya Party (Ershad) a year ago. After joining, they started placing their men in different posts, which angered the party rank and file, they alleged. They said BNP activists in Kendua will not accept the newly formed committee and urged the district and central BNP to dissolve it immediately. They also blamed Khadija Amin for her alleged autocratic behaviour. They claimed that there has not been any development in Kendua and Atpara upazilas in last five years. Additional police were deployed in Kendua upazila headquarters as tension mounted during the procession and the rally. Earlier, on June 25, several hundred BNP activists from Kendua and Atpara upazilas (constituency of ruling party MP Begum Khadija Amin) brought out a procession and held a rally in Netrakona town protesting BNP council scheduled for June 27. The procession was led by central Juba Dal leader Rafiqul Islam Hilali. Speakers at the rally sought immediate intervention of BNP chief Khaleda Zia and secretary general Abdul Mannan Buiyan to resolve the crisis arising out of autocratic attitude of the lawmaker Khadeja Amin. Ignoring the protest, a faction of the party led by lawmaker Khadeja Amin and Netrakona district BNP president MA Karim Abbasi MP formed a district committee without voting, violating BNP constitution, party sources said. Netrakona district BNP secretary Mahfuzul Haque and organizing secretary Nazrul Islam Khan opposed did not join the council. The rival faction rejected the committee and continued protests, demanding its dissolution. Since the council, the faction led by Mahfuzul Haque, Nazrul Islam and Helali are holding protests demanding its dissolution, party sources said.
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