Jubo League committee unveiled
Almost a year after holding its 7th Congress, Jubo League announced its 201-member committee which includes controversial independent MP Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, popularly known as Nixon Chowdhury, as a presidium member.
Several other leaders in the central committee of ruling Awami League's youth wing are either related to or have connections with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's family members, insiders said.
Besides, former Jubo League assistant secretary Sohel Parvez, who was expelled from the organisation after he was arrested with a firearm in 2014 in Dhaka Export Processing Area, has been named the organising secretary of the committee announced Saturday night.
His expulsion had not even been withdrawn before he was given the post, sources said.
However, a good number of less controversial men including lawyers, journalists, and former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League have got places in the Jubo League committee. And many leaders in the previous committee have been left out.
Some of the former student leaders who became members of the committee for the first time are Saifur Rahman Sohag, Joydev Nandi, Monwarul Islam Masud, Shamsul Kabir Rahat, Abdul Aziz, Aditya Nandi, and Delwar Shahzada.
Lawyer Syed Saidul Haque Sumon, well-known as a social media influencer, has become law secretary while at least six journalists have become members in the committee.
Surprising many, Ashikur Rahman, son of founding chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Party Naziur Rahman Manzur, was made an executive committee member.
Several Jubo League leaders alleged that there was nepotism in some cases.
The previous committee had 151 members, but 50 posts have been created to accommodate more leaders in the new committee.
Bangladesh Cricket Board director Sheikh Sohel and FBCCI President Sheikh Fazle Fahim were given berths in the 27-member presidium committee. Five posts in the presidium committee remain vacant.
The most talked-about member of the new committee is Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury alias Nixon Chowdhury.
Nixon defeated Awami League nominee and presidium member Kazi Zafrullah in Faridpur-4 in 2014 and 2018 national elections.
Nixon Chowdhury recently hit the headlines by engaging in a dispute with local administration officials during the upazila elections.
The Election Commission sued the independent MP on October 15, accusing him of intimidating and threatening the government officials and breaching the code of conduct during the by-election for the post of chairman of Charbhadrasan Upazila Parishad on October 10.
Nixon is currently out on bail in the case.
On November 23, 2019, 50-year-old Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, son of Jubo League founder Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, was elected the organisation's chairman at a session of Jubo League's 7th Triennial Congress.
Sheikh Hasina entrusted Prof Parash, who teaches English literature at a private university, with salvaging the tarnished image of Jubo League even though Parash was never involved in political activities.
Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, president of Dhaka North City AL, was elected the general secretary.
Jubo League was founded in 1972 with the objectives of alleviating poverty and establishing the rights of the young people. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's nephew Moni was tasked with uniting the country's young people.
On October 20, 2019, Jubo League Chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury was relieved of his post amid allegations of corruption.
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