Dissolve Gournadi BNP convening committees
Rival factions of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Gournadi upazila and municipal units staged demonstrations at upazila headquarters on Friday demanding dissolution of the newly formed convening committees of the two units.
Supporters of former lawmaker Zahiruddin Swapan, also the information and research secretary of BNP central committee, brought out a procession and held a rally in front of local press club at noon.
Rival municipal faction, led by central Jubo Dal leader Abdul Kuddus Akon, staged a rally near Highway Police Station in the afternoon.
Activists of upazila and municipal factions, carrying banners and placards and wearing black badges, chanted slogans demanding cancellation of the convening committees.
The staged agitation hearing a rumour that BNP Joint Secretary General Selima Rahman will soon visit Gournadi to officially introduce the upazila convening body headed by Engineer Abdus Sobhan and municipal body headed by M Maniruzzaman Manir.
At the rallies, the speakers said new convening bodies of the two units have been formed ignoring the opinion of grassroots BNP leaders and workers.
They warned of en masse resignation if the new convening committees formed with 'reformists' are not cancelled as early as possible.
Refuting the accusation, Engineer Abdus Sobhan and M Maniruzzaman Manir, conveners of upazila and municipal units, said the central committee has formed the new bodies with dedicated leaders.
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