The clash erupted as the district unit of Madrasa Shikhhak Parishad, a front organisation of Jamaat-e-Islami, yesterday brought out a procession and held a meeting at Shaheed Abdur Razzak Park accusing BNP of attacking the major coalition partner.

District unit general secretary of Madrasa Shikhhak Parishad Maulana Abdul Bari presided the meeting.

In the meeting, the speakers demanded arrest and punishment to BNP leader Abdur Rouf, also chairman of Alipur Union Parishad (UP) for criticising Jamaat Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami and beating madrasa teacher Maulana Abu Sayeed.

Terming Rouf as 'Kafir' and godfather of criminals, they demanded his arrest and punishment.

They threatened to launch a tougher agitation if the authorities failed to take action against him.

Among others, Maulana Shafiqul Islam, Maulana Abdus Samad, Maulana Jalal Uddin, Kari Akramuzzaman, Maulana Abdul Latif and Maulana Abdul Jalil addressed the meeting

Later, they submitted a memorandum to Satkhira Deputy Commissioner (DC).

Earlier, 15 activists of BNP and Jamaat were injured in a clash over the same issue at an Islami 'mehfil' (function) at Pachani village in Sadar upazila on Monday. Abu Sayeed was injured in the clash.

BNP and Jamaat filed two cases with Sadar Police Station accusing activists of the two parties.

Leaders of both the parties issued press statements blaming each other for the incident.

The BNP-Jamaat rift surfaced here last year when the district BNP leader Abdur Rouf decided to contest the next general election from Satkhira Sadar constituency as a coalition candidate. He started mass contact and held meetings to woo people. In the meetings he severely criticised the incumbent Jamaat MP, Maulana Abdul Khaleque for not doing any development activity in the constituency.