Factional clash foils Sircar's meeting
A meeting of BNP standing committee member Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar was foiled due to a clash between three rival groups of the party in the district town yesterday afternoon.
At least 30 people, including two journalists, were injured during the incident.
Among the injured, Kazi Raihan uddin Tuku, former organising secretary of district Jubo Dal, BM Khorshed and Abul Kalam Biswas, district correspondents of Boishakhi TV and the daily Sangbad, were admitted to Manikganj Sadar Hospital while the rest were given first aid.
The central BNP team led by Sircar, also the former Jatiya Sangsad Speaker, sat with the local leaders at the District Bar Association auditorium in the town at around 4:00pm to chalk out plans to make the party's June 11 grand rally a success.
In his welcome speech, he urged all factional groups to forge unity and make the rally a success.
At one stage, two rival groups-one led by Monno and the other by Delwar locked in an altercation on the proceedings of the meeting.
Monno group demanded party's senior leader and former president of Saturia upazila BNP Moksedur Rahman to preside the meeting.
Meanwhile, the men of late secretary general Khondaker Delwar Hossain proposed former joint convener of the district BNP Jamilur Rashid Khan as president of the meeting.
Following the incident, Jamir Uddin Sircar, MP, decided to chair the programme.
After a few minutes, another Tozammel-Tuku group entered the auditorium while the meeting was underway and placed bouquet to Sircar.
At this, the other two groups started shouting and asked them to leave the venue.
Within minutes, a fierce clash ensued over the issue, leaving 30 from both sides injured.
After some time, Sircar left the place, as the meeting witnessed a total chaos.
The three rivals blamed each other for the clash.
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