Feud in Moulvibazar BNP

Rival faction demands Naser Rahman's ouster

22 November 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar

A faction of Moulvibazar BNP has demanded expulsion of M Naser Rahman from the party for holding district unit conference “defying” central committee's order. Leader of the faction and former president of Moulvibazar district unit Khaleda Rabbani raised the demand at a press conference at her residence in the town Saturday evening. On the day, former district unit convener and leader of the other faction M Naser Rahman held a conference at a local community centre and formed a 101-member new executive committee of the unit. The councillors loyal to Naser Rahman made him president and MA Mukit and Bakshi Misbahur Rahman secretary and organising secretary of the district commmttee. At the conference, Khaleda Rabbani said the central committee had asked Naser not to hold conference until further order. But he held the council ignoring the order. “Naser's act is clearly violation of party discipline,” she said. Earlier on Friday, Naser Rahman at a press conference claimed that party chairperson and secretary general gave him permission to hold the conference of the district unit on November 21. With the formation of a new executive body by Naser faction, internal feud in Moulvibazar BNP has deepened further, sources in the district unit said.