BNP Internal Disputes
Two leaders lock horns
Two senior leaders of BNP engaged in a heated debate on Saturday night when the party policymakers were discussing on how they can forge a tougher anti-government movement by resolving BNP's internal disputes across the country.
Party insiders said both are former ministers and were elected as lawmakers several times from two different constituencies under a district. One of them is an elected lawmaker of the ninth parliament.
Meeting sources said while debating over formation of a few local units of the party, one of them accused the other of interfering into the committee under his constituency. The accused vocally protested.
At that time, the other members of the standing committee suddenly became silent.
Sources said a few members including Gayeswar Chandra Roy emphasised on resolving internal conflicts.
In response, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, presiding over the meeting at her Gulshan office, suggested to resolve the problem through discussions internally while planning for the agitation programmes.
“The way they were arguing was unexpected as both of them are senior members of the standing committee,” said a standing committee member present in the meeting, convened to discuss about the agitation programmes.
BNP is suffering from severe internal conflicts in many district and upazila units. The party's central assistant organising secretary was attacked by a group loyal to a party leader in Barisal.
A similar incident took place in Kishoreganj and a few other areas. Two groups of leaders engaged in a clash at a meeting with the central leader at the party's central office in the city.
Asked about the meeting decision, Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman said they will forge a tougher movement to compel the government to restore the non-party caretaker government system to oversee the next elections.
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