JL to hold council after over a decade
Enthusiasm has grown among the leaders and activists of Jubo League in Chattogram over the long-expected council scheduled to start from today.
The JL central committee has recently announced the schedule for holding the council of Chattogram south district, north district and city units on May 28, 29 and 30 respectively.
The last council was held over a decade ago.
Due to the upcoming council, posters and banners have been pasted all over the city and districts, causing much nuisance to locals.
Meanwhile, a number of Jubo League leaders are lobbying with the central leaders so that they can be included in the committees with their expected portfolios, said sources. Many of them are persuading the influential local and central Awami League leaders.
The race for the president and general secretary posts in the three units will be quite tough as many of the active leaders of JL and former Chhatra League leaders are lobbying, JL insiders said.
Former BCL leaders of Chittagong University unit and five upazila units, and many incumbent JL leaders are interested to become president and general secretary of Chattogram north. In the city unit, many incumbent and former leaders of BCL's Chattogram city unit, vice presidents and general secretaries of central students' councils at colleges are also in the process.
Wasim Uddin Chowdhury, former VP at Omar Gani MES College and a member of present convening committee of Chattogram city unit of JL, told The Daily Star that he is interested in vying for the post of general secretary and has already submitted his portfolio.
On the other hand, Nurul Azim Roni, a former general secretary of Chattogram city unit of BCL, is eyeing for the GS post.
Asked about their eligibility for the post, they talked about their contributions to politics and party.
However, many leaders in the present committees of the units do not want to stay in JL anymore as they want to be included in the AL committee.
The incumbent convener of Chattogram city unit of JL Mohiuddin Bachchu and its joint convener Farid Mahmud are among them.
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