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New Convening Committees

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22 June 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Star National Desk

Aggrieved BNP men in Satkhira and Khulna have threatened to resign en masse and launch agitation programme if their demand for changes in the newly formed convening committees of the two district units are not met within the deadline given earlier. Leaders and activists of Satkhira district units of BNP front organisation gave a 72-hour deadline on Sunday to meet their demand for removal of former BJP lawmaker Kazi Alauddin and former district BNP general secretary Kamrul Islam Farooque from the newly formed convening committee, according to our correspondent. They alleged that the central committee made the two controversial persons joint convenors of the convening committee, ignoring opinions of the grassroots leaders and activists of the party and its front organisations. The leaders and activists of the front organisations urged the BNP chairperson to remove Alauddin and Farooque from the new convening committee within the next 72 hours, otherwise they threatened to launch an agitation programme. The demand was made at a press conference in the town. District Sramik Dal President Abdus Samad read out a written statement at the conference. Our staff correspondent from Khulna reports: A new crisis has developed in Khulna BNP as the deadline given by the leaders and activists to revive the 12-member convening committee ended yesterday. In a closed-door meeting on Thursday night, 24 leaders over 100 activists of the district unit gave an ultimatum to Chairperson Khaleda Zia to revive the convening committee with Rupsha unit President Monir Ahmed Rana and Dakop unit President Apurbo Kumar as joint convenors by June 22, otherwise they threatened to resign en masse. The central committee on June 17 dropped the names of the two leaders from the new convening committee declared on June 9 as a faction of the district unit demanded removal of the two, alleging their controversial role during the caretaker government's rule. The leaders and activists said they will resign any day as the party high command did not pay heed to their demand within the deadline. They also demanded expulsion of Shafiqul Alam Mona, one of the 11 joint convenors of the new convening committee, for 'hatching' conspiracy against the party leaders and inclusion of five more leaders in the committee.