Infighting in Sylhet BNP deepens
With the emergence of a new group comprising some leaders and activists of the district and city units, internal feud in Sylhet BNP has further deepened.
Though the rival groups of both units held rallies and other programmes jointly for days after Ilias Ali's disappearance, now their feuds have re-surfaced.
The dissidents sat with a three-member team of the central committee headed by Joint Secretary Md Shahjahan separately on Sunday. Former district BNP general secretary Abdul Kahir Chowdhury and former city BNP leader Dr Shahriar Hossain Chowdhury were, among others, present.
The three-member team also held separate meetings with the district and city units the same day. On Saturday night, the team members held a separate meeting with Swechchasebak Dal men, who have been running activities separately for months.
Central BNP Vice-Chairman and former foreign secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and Chairperson's adviser Inam Ahmed Chowdhury also held meetings with the district and city units on Sunday.
Members of the three-member team were present at the meetings where the leaders and activists of the two units called for unity and demanded immediate steps to resolve the internal feuds.
Before Ilias Ali's disappearance on April 17, Swechchasebak Dal district unit President Shamsuzzaman Zaman quit Ilias's camp over the killing of JCD cadre Shawkat.
Zaman blamed city JCD Joint Secretary Dinar for Shawkat's killing as he had earlier left Dinar's faction. Dinar and his associate Zunayed went missing on April 1, but his (Dinar) wife Princila Parvin Pinki, daughter of district BNP General Secretary MA Gaffar, filed a case on May 11, accusing Zaman.
Zaman alleged that Gaffar and other district and city BNP leaders are engaged in creating trouble for the party, capitalising on Dinar's disappearance.
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