Moulvibazar BNP in Turmoil

7 joint conveners out of 9 demand Naser's removal

29 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar

Seven of the nine joint conveners of Moulvibazar district BNP yesterday sent a resolution to party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain and Joint Secretary General Nazrul Islam Khan to remove M Naser Rahman from the post of Moulvibazar district BNP convener. The resolution was taken at a meeting at the house of Khaleda Rabbani, senior joint convener and former president of Moulvibazar district BNP, on Friday night, party sources said. Seven joint conveners who attended the meeting are Khaleda Rabbani, Fayzul Karim Mayun, advocate Junaed Ahmed, Hazi Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, Moazzem Hossain Matuk, Mosharraf Hossain Badshah and Mizanur Rahman Mizan. Two other joint conveners advocate Abed Raja and Dr MA Ahad, who are known as close to Naser Rahman, did not attend the meeting. At a press release issued yesterday, Khaleda Rabbani said district BNP Convener M Naser Rahman has violated the party constitution by ignoring the letter of Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain. “Naser has not called any meeting of the district convening committee after its formation on June 30. On August 25, he called a meeting with participation of his loyal people in the party. “Under the circumstances, seven joint conveners in a meeting has taken a resolution to remove Naser Rahman from the post of district committee convener. The resolution has been sent to the party high command,” the press release said. After announcement of a 51-member convening committee for Moulvibazar district BNP with Naser Rahman as convener in June this year, agitation spread among local BNP men, as quite a few senior leaders were not included in the committee. BNP Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain on June 30 announced a 69-member reconstituted convening committee including several senior leaders who had been left out from the earlier committee.