BNP Standing Body Meets Today
Secy general post to top agenda
The national standing committee of BNP, the party's highest policy-making body, sits today to discuss about a number of vital issues including filling up the vacant post of secretary general and possible anti-government agitation programmes.
The issues related to the government's move to amend country's constitution and the recently okayed women development policy will be raised in the meeting as part of its discussion on the latest political scenario of the country, said the party insiders.
They also said related matters regarding formation of party's most important but crisis-riddled Dhaka city unit committee may also come up in the discussion as the senior leaders think it is really tough to run the party activities in the city without any specific committee.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who returned home on Sunday after a 10-day visit to Saudi Arabia, earlier said she would announce agitation programme after the Cricket World Cup, as Bangladesh is a co-host of the big event.
Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, press secretary of Khaleda Zia, said the meeting will be held at night at the chairperson's Gulshan office.
Asked about the agenda, the party's standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman said a number of important issues have been pending for discussion and hoped these will come up in today's meeting.
“Party is suffering as there is no committee for Dhaka city unit for a long time and the issue should be discussed in the meeting,” he said, adding the committee will also discuss about the agitation programme as per chairperson's earlier announcement.
Another member of the standing committee hinted that the issue of secretary general might come up for discussion, as the post is vacant due to the death of Khandaker Delwar Hossain.
BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is now carrying out the activities of the secretary general following a verbal instruction of the chairperson.
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