Who is going to replace Mirza Fakhrul?



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Dhaka, (Barta24.com): BNP will radically change as soon as it will be reorganized through ensuing national council to be held sometime after Eid ul Fitr. That process has already started through formation of new district committees across the country. The new leadership will be emerged through this process. Moreover the leaders who failed to show up to the expectation are likely to be dropped. Even the present secretary general along with more a dozen leaders are in the drop list.

In the recent oath taking drama the backbone of the party was broken while Mirza Fakhrul emerged as the ‘hero’ that sounded the death nail of the secretary general. Standing committee member Gayeshawr Chandra Roy has publicly accused Fakhrul and wanted reply of this drama.

Top leader of Oikya Front Bangabir Kader Siddiky also expressed his indignation at the role of Mirza Fakhrul. He has also given ultimatum to desert Oikya Front. The other alliance partners of 20 party alliances also put question to Fakhrul for his role in the oath drama. Meanwhile the long testing friend of BNP led alliance, BJP leader Barrister Andaliv Rahman Partha has already left the alliance on the ground that the big partner BNP had ignored them. More partners are on the pipe line to exit.

There is a strong rumor that Fakhrul is going to be axed. Through the change of the secretary general the reconstruction of the party will begin vigorously, a source in BNP has confirmed it to Barta24.com.

Now the hair combing analysis has begun who will lead the party at this critical time. The new leader will have to face several challenges. Freeing of the party chairperson, directing the central leadership from the grass root levels, to activate the alliance activities, moving ahead by giving importance to Jatiyo  Oikya Front. To make the party activate in the field on the eve of announcing the National Budget by the government is a real challenge. To fill the gap in case Fakhrul quits or dropped then there are several names in the suggestions of the policy makers.

Moreover, there is Haroon in the list as senior joint secretary general. In that case present senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi may be promoted.

In selecting new secretary general some factors are being judged as, the leader must be young, his competency, seniority, output of work, popularity, courage and farsightedness will be considered high. Of the rumored names in case of popularity and farsightedness Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is in the top. However as moneyed and seniority consideration another standing committee member Dr. Khondoker Moosharraf Hossain is also a strong contender for the post.

For his outspoken talks, as an uncompromising leader, courageousness and work output Gayeshawr Chandra Roy is also popular among a section of the party workers. In the list of young leaders the name of vice- chairman Major (Rtd) Hafizudding Ahmed and Shamsuzzaman Dudu are also heard, claimed by the party sources.

It is learnt that the BNP’s national council generally takes place in the month of March but the party chief Khaleda Zia is in jail and the acting chairman Tareque Rahman is in London exile the council is being delayed for indefinite period.

The council may be held after Eid ul Fitr, told a source to Barta24.com. The source said now the reorganization is going from the grass root level and is almost at final stage. Incomplete committees are being made complete and a convener committee where there is no committee. Along this continuity the national council will be convened to form new body.

One leader claimed that the party council is stalled pending the release of the party chief. We are waiting for her. As soon as she comes out the national council will be convened. If she cannot come out at all, then with her approval the party council will be convened.

However though Fakhrul is facing both criticism and favors still there is no alternative to him as claimed by one adviser of the party chairperson Ataur Rahman Dhali.

He told Barta24.com that no one is alone responsible for this disastrous condition of the party. So every body should criticize about his own role. The party secretary general should not be blamed solely. Moreover there is no alternative to Mirza Fakhrul in the party.

After expressing his indignation publicly pro-BNP intellectual DR. Zafrullah Chowdhury told Barta24.com that the BNP leaders have enveloped the power in their pockets. They are not giving council for fear of losing their posts, he said.

He opined in favor of holding urgent national council to overcome this tragic condition of the party through reorganizing party leaderships. He also said that there is no alternative to Mirza Fakhrul to give leadership of the party. He qualified Mirza Fakhrul with many virtues as his(Fakhrul) thoughts, spirit, courtesy and political dealings are unparallel which has no match in the party. He called upon the party activists to tell such persons’ name in the party alternative to Fakhrul.

It is to be mentioned here that the last national council of BNP was held on last March 19, 2013. That was BNP’s sixth national council. However Mirza Fakhrul was given the responsibility of secretary general after a long gap.

   

After capturing power, Awami League also captured history: Amir Khosru



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BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has commented that Awami League is taking over history by illegally grabbing power.

He said that the rulers are using the state machinery to implement their fabricated history. They are manipulating the Judiciary to explain their fabricated history. When politicians become historians, it is no longer history, but propaganda.

Amir Khosru made this comment at a discussion meeting organized by the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) at the National Press Club on Wednesday (April 17) at noon, demanding the declaration of Republic Day on April 10.

This member of the BNP Standing Committee said that although the Awami League government has dropped the boat symbol in the Upazila Parishad elections, it has not withdrawn from the project of stealing votes. The vote stealing scheme is the source of their power. The government no longer has the courage to go in front of the people with the boat. 95 percent of the people did not go to the polling station in the January 7 election. There is no such thing as voting.

He also said that every effort was made to break the BNP before the election, but the unity of the BNP is intact. Cases, assaults, jails have been defamed against BNP leaders and activists, yet the unity could not be broken.

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BUET should decide whether to have student politics or not: Gayeshwar



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Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, said that if the BUET authorities think that the BUET authorities will stop politics there for the sake of keeping the atmosphere of the campus calm and for the education of the talented children of parents who study here - that is their decision.

On Monday (April 1), Natore District BNP Joint Convenor Dewan Shaheen, who was undergoing treatment at BSMMU, made this comment in response to the questions of the journalists present after inquiring about the treatment.

Gayeshwar Chandra said, we want student politics; we have come this far by student politics. Student politics is not an obstacle. I don't want a group student organization in the classroom. Abrar, a brilliant student of BUET, was brutally killed in BUET. Not only the students, civil society and political parties of the country erupted in protest. Then the BUET authorities decided that there will be no political student organization in BUET. In the context of which BUET has taken this decision, whether it is still valid or not, whether there is any danger or not, considering the overall aspect, BUET has to decide whether there will be student politics or not.

Claiming that the condition of Jahangir Nagar University is more deplorable than the condition of BUET, the former minister said that Chhatra League leader Manik had celebrated a century of rape there. What could be more disgusting than that? In fact they are not tainted with any stigma! The more we find them tainted, the more they are embellished. One reason is to use muscle power and destroy politics as a party worker in the administration.

Mentioning the attack on Natore district BNP joint convener Dewan Shaheen, Gayeshwar Chandra said, "Our leaders and workers are often attacked by Awami League terrorists." This brutality of the rulers is going on all over the country. Still, BNP activists do not leave the field. However, without these terrorist activities and muscle power, it is not possible for an isolated government to survive politically.

In response to a journalist's question about former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment in CCU at Ever Care Hospital in the capital, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said that the government is killing Khaleda Zia in a planned way without giving her better treatment abroad. The ruling party will be happy even though the news of his death will go down in tears all over the country.

BNP Organizing Secretary Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, deputy secretary Taiful Islam Tipu and others were present at this time.

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In the 12th JS election the cost of Awami league is Tk. 2.76 crore



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The party's treasurer HN Ashikur Rahman said that the ruling Awami League spent Tk. 2 crore 76 lakh 88 thousand 120 in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election.

He gave this information after submitting the party's expenditure account to the commission in the 12th election at Agargaon election building in the capital on Monday (April 1) afternoon.

After submitting the election expenses of the ruling party, the presidium member of the party, Kazi Zafarullah, said that we had a limit of Tk. 4 crore 50 lakh. The expenditure is less than that.

At that time, the treasurer of the party, Ashiqur Rahman, said that Tk. 2 crore 76 lakh 78 thousand 120 have been spent. Our expenditure limit was Tk. 4 crore 50 lakh.

He said that the district level leaders spent on their own because of their loyalty to the party. So our expenses are reduced. Moreover, the entire expenditure in elections is not party-related. Where other parties require Tk. 10, we require Tk. 2.

In response to the question where this money was spent in the election, he said that it was spent on posters, public meetings, publicity etc.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Barrister Biplab Barua said, as a registered party, we will submit the income and expenditure account. Then there will be details.

At that time, Presidium member Kazi Zafarullah, Treasurer HN Ashiqur Rahman, Publicity and Publication Abdus Sobahan Golap, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan were present in the delegation of Awami League.

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Awami League leader's comments on parliamentary elections is viral



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General Secretary of Cumilla North District Awami League Roshan Ali Master has gone viral with his controversial comments on Debidwar parliamentary elections. There has been uproar among activists over the video that has spread online. Some reacted angrily.

On Saturday (March 30) afternoon, Roshan Ali Master gave the speech at the iftar party at his residence in Devidwar Municipal area on the occasion of pilgrimage to Makkah to perform Umrah.

In a four-and-a-half-minute video spread on Facebook, he was heard saying, "We didn't lose the vote, we lost by the mechanism." For any reason we could not get the results, 82 thousand votes is less? They have a lot of history, you will not understand them and your brother will explain them. Those whom I have made leaders do not count on me now. There are many Mir Jafars in our party, they have been and will be. If they get better, we will get better. And if it is not good after Hajj, then I will come in the field.

The leaders and workers of Debidwar Upazila Awami League expressed their immediate angry reaction to his speech.

In response, they said, "Where the Prime Minister has set an example all over the world by holding a free, fair and impartial vote, his statement calls into question the fair election." In his speech, he wanted to prove that the current Member of Parliament Abul Kalam Azad was elected by rigging the vote. They condemned such a statement.

Debidwar Upazila Awami League Joint General Secretary Principal Humayun Kabir said, 'Awami League is becoming a laughing stock to common people with these unrestrained statements. No one can stop him. Earlier, in various meetings of the 12th National Election, he has been in controversy by abusing independent candidates and his leaders and activists, which everyone has seen on social media. Awami League leaders and activists are embarrassed by these statements.

Cumilla North District Awami League General Secretary Roshan Ali Master called several times to get a statement on the matter, but he did not receive.

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