KHDC councillor resigns in face of AL agitation
A councillor of Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) resigned yesterday in the face of agitation by the ruling party men.
Abu Bakar Siddique handed over his resignation to Tarun Kanti Ghosh, chief executive officer of the council, around 4:30 pm. He showed personal problems as reasons for stepping down from his post.
But at KHDC office premises Bakar told reporters that leaders of local Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies wrongly accused three councillors and the chairman of patronising militancy and fuelling recent violence in Khagrachhari.
Terming the allegations false and fabricated he said, they were selected by the non-politcal caretaker government on July 12, 2007 for their honesty and good personality.
The leaders and workers of eight local bodies of AL on March 26 vowed to “free the district council from BNP and Jamaat" and continue agitation until the chairman and the three councillors are removed from KHDC.
Earlier, Khagrachhari Hill District Council chairman Ruhity Karbari resigned on Monday showing poor health and personal problems.
Local AL leaders said Karbari and the three councillors belonged to BNP-Jamaat alliance and do not cooperate with the government.
Sources said Karbari is the vice president of Mohalchhari upazila unit BNP, councillor Animesh Dewan Nandith is the vice president of Sadar upazila BNP, councillor Sanu Mong Marma is the organising secretary of district Jubo Dal and councillor Abu Bakar Siddique is a member of district unit Jamaat.
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