Infighting in Magura BNP
'Rebel' group boycotts meet addressed by Gayeshwar
Internal conflict of Magura municipality unit of BNP surfaced anew as a faction of the unit backed by the district unit BNP's 'rebel group' boycotted yesterday's view exchange meeting where BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy addressed as the chief guest.
The meeting was organised as part of its central leaders' countrywide organisational tour to strengthen the ongoing movement for the restoration of caretaker government system, party sources said.
BNP's central executive committee member advocate Nitai Roy Chowdhury and district BNP president Kabir Murad were special guests at the meeting presided over by Ayub Hossain, convener of a faction of the municipality unit BNP.
Contacted by this correspondent, Faruk Ahmed Babul, president of the municipality unit BNP's 'rebel group', said they were not aware of the meeting.
Khan Hasan Imam Suja, general secretary of the same faction, however, said they did not attend the meeting as it was organised by the municipality unit's 'pocket committee' made by Kabir Murad.
When asked, Kabir Murad said, "Their absence in the meeting, even when a BNP standing committee member attended, proves their disregard to the party's rule and regulations and also to the central high command."
Internal feud in Magura district BNP came to the fore after formation of the convening committee with Kabir Murad as convener in 2009, party insiders said.
The 'rebel group' led by advocate Mokaddes and Iqbal Akhter Khan refused to accept Murad as convenor and demanded dissolution of the convening committee.
On November 25, 2009, Kabir Murad group held a council and formed a committee with Murad as president and Ali Ahmed Biswas as general secretary of the district unit.
The other faction from a separate council on the same day made Mokaddes the president and Iqbal Akhter Khan the general secretary of BNP's district unit.
Internal conflict in Magura BNP deepened further after the central committee approved the district committee headed by Murad and Ali Ahmed on December 2 of the same year.
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