Irregular students in leadership race
More than half of the candidates vying for the posts of president and secretary of Thakurgaon district BCL in today's conference are irregular students.
Though the conference is going to be held after seven years, irregular students are ahead in the leadership race. At least 20 candidates submitted their nominations yesterday and 13 of them are irregular students.
They, however, managed necessary papers from different educational institutions to prove that they are the regular students and submitted those to the convening committee.
Party sources said the irregular students are backed by the influential leaders of district Awami League and Jubo League. They are involved in business and also in tender manipulation.
A leader of district BCL, seeking anonymity, said qualification doesn't matter for BCL leadership. "We need district Awami League and Jubo League leaders' blessings to achieve the goal," he said.
Kamruzzaman, former president of BCL district unit, said the BCL activists should avoid those who are involved in tender scam and other criminal acts.
He urged them to choose regular students as their leaders.
BCL activists yesterday brought out separate procession in the town chanting slogans in favour of their candidates. Some activists of the district also fear intra-party clash over formation of the new committee.
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