Expel Ilyas from BNP, demands Sylhet JCD
Sylhet district and city units of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) yesterday demanded expulsion of district BNP president and former lawmaker M Ilyas Ali from the party on charge of his anti-party activities.
They also called upon the party chairperson to conduct a probe into his role and take disciplinary action without delay.
The local leaders placed the demand at a press conference held at the Sylhet Press Club while announcing a programme to protest the killing of JCD activist Sourav Ahmed.
Struggling for 12 days with life support, JCD activist schoolboy Sourav Ahmed Babu, 17, died at a private hospital in Sylhet city early Wednesday. Sourav was critically injured in an attack by rival faction on July 22.
In the written statement the leaders urged the BNP chief to 'save BNP and JCD in Sylhet' from the clutches of the 'conspirators'.
They alleged that Ilyas Ali backed JCD men picked up Sourav Ahmed on July 22 evening and gave him a good beating which led to his death on August 4.
Ilyas Ali and his people made repeated attacks on the BNP and JCD men for their petty interests. The armed groups also foiled the BNP's agitation programme and rally in the city on May 6 this year. Besides, on the same day they attempted to identify the body of a mugger (who was stabbed in a separate incident) as JCD man at hospital just for political gain. The group however managed to implicate four innocent JCD men in the killing case, the leaders alleged in the statement.
The group led and backed by Ilyas Ali killed at least three party men in Sylhet since 1993. It is out to crush the genuine activists in the party, they said.
The protest programmes include doa mahfil on the premises of the mosque attached to the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) today after Juma prayers, mourning procession in the city on August 9 afternoon and condolence meeting at the city BNP office on August 11.
District JCD general secretary Syed Shafique Mahbub read out the statement at the press conference while central JCD vice-president Siddiqur Rahman Paplu, central member Mahbub Ul Haque Chowdhury and city joint secretary Sayeed Ahmed spoke to newsmen and replied to their queries.
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