Party men attack Ctg mayor's meeting venue
Awami League men loyal to AL lawmaker Akhteruzzaman Chowdhury Babu attacked a public meeting of Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury at Puratan Bridgeghata of Charpathar Ghata in Chittagong yesterday afternoon.
The attack took place after discontent brewed in Chittagong AL over CCC Mayor Mohiuddin meeting BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury a day after Eid.
Mohiuddin, president of Chittagong city unit of AL, had called the public meeting.
The AL men loyal to Babu attacked the meeting with the mayor present around 3:30pm. They vandalised the sitting arrangement in the back rows, drove away some of the audiences and even threw chairs at the stage where Mohiuddin along with some other leaders were sitting.
They chanted slogans against Mohiuddin, who had to flee the onslaught before those loyal to him could resist and trigger a factional clash, the sources said.
Later the mayor was able to hold the meeting without further interruption.
No casualties were reported.
CCC Mayor Mohiuddin hosted a dinner party for BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury at his Chittagong home Tuesday night. This triggered a strong resentment and protest among the leaders and activists of Awami League and BNP.
Protesting the meeting a BNP faction, reportedly loyal to BNP Joint-Secretary General Abdullah Al Noman, at a rally Thursday demanded expulsion of SQ Chowdhury from the party.
Meanwhile, leaders of a Chittagong AL faction called a meeting at the home of Chittagong City AL Vice-president Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury at Dampara in the city yesterday evening to press home their demand for party action against the mayor.
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