Jhenidah AL holds council today

AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil will open the council at the Shapla Chattar at 11.00 am. Former minister and AL Presidium member Abdur Razzaque will be the chief guest. Central Organizing Secretary Abdul Mannan, Assistant Secretary SM Kamal Hossain, central member Talukdar Abdul Khaleque and Mirja Sultan Raja will attend the council as the special guests.

Party sources claimed that a great enthusiasm is seen among party rank and file centering the council. Though councils in upazila and union levels have been completed, the enthusiasm is shadowed by intra-party feud at different levels as local leaders and activists are allegedly divided into two groups, one backed by district AL convener Abdul Hai MP and the other by former organising secretary Tayeb Ali Joarder.

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Talking to this correspondent yesterday Abdul Hai however denied internal feud in the party. "There is rivalry over leadership. Such rivalry for leadership is not unusual in a big party like AL", he said.

Party leaders are now engaged in last minutes lobbying and keeping closed contact with the 240 councilors for posts in the new district committee.

Party sources said convener Abdul Hai, former MP Golam Mostofa and former vice-president Abdul Wahed Joarder will contest for the post of president.

AL leader Advocate Abdul Aziz, central joint-convener of Awami Shechchhasebak League Saidul Karim Mintu, former organising secretary of district AL Tayeb Ali Joarder, district Krishak League president Abdur Rashid and joint-convener of district AL Shafiqul Islam Opu are in the race for the post of General Secretary.