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.

   

BNP leaders made queue with government: Foreign Minister



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Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said that few leaders of BNP are often seen holding press conferences who toe the line with the government. The ravens of politics go where they can find power. If you talk too much, I will expose everything to them.

He said these things at a discussion meeting at the National Press Club on the occasion of Bangabandhu's 104th birthday on Friday (March 22).

The minister said that many leaders of BNP have records of misdeeds; If you talk more, they will be exposed.

This leader of Awami League said, 'The political forces that are against freedom are conspiring to take the next generation behind them. Individuals were joined with political evil. They take the prize by presenting it to the outside world as a poor country. Dr. Yunus is not seen on the side of people in floods and disasters. His interest is only in lobbying and getting awards.

He said that his case is going on in the court. Meanwhile, I saw that he received an award at the Baku conference. His lobbyist firm contacts all kinds of awards in the world.

The minister said that they are conspiring by failing to resist the election. The dream that Tarek Rahman would fly by ‘Borak’ and stand by BNP did not materialize. BNP has lost the dream of turning the country into a failed state. People of the country should learn if they try to do politics of burning people.

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BNP will hold a freedom fighter rally in the capital on March 25



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BNP will hold a rally of freedom fighters in the capital on March 25 (Monday) on the occasion of Independence Day.

BNP Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie announced the three-day program at a press conference at the political office of the party's chairperson in Gulshan in the capital on Thursday (March 21).

On the first day of the program, a freedom fighter rally will be held in front of the central office of BNP in Nayapaltan on March 25. The rally will start at 10 am and end at 12 noon.

The party and national flags will be hoisted at the party's central office in Nayapaltan at 6 am on Independence Day, March 26. At seven in the morning, the leaders and activists will leave for the national memorial in Savar from the party chairperson's office in Gulshan. After paying tributes at the memorial, tributes will be paid at the tomb of party founder Ziaur Rahman in Sher Bangla Nagar of the capital.

The next day, on March 27, the party organized a discussion on Independence Day at the Institute of Engineers in the capital.

BNP Vice Chairman Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Organizing Secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince and many others were present at this time.

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“Awami League's only goal is to stay in power, not to serve people"



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BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Abdul Moin Khan commented that the present government has destroyed the electoral system of the country and added that their only goal is to stay in power not to serve the people.

He said these things while meeting at the house of Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal and Barrister Osman Chowdhury in Dhanmondi of the capital on Wednesday (March 20) morning.

Moin Khan said when a one-party government is established in the country, the situation will be the same as now. The government has axed the administration and judiciary to retain power. In each case the election has destroyed the system. The government is disconnected from the people.

Alleging that the government is consuming not only politics, but everything in the society, he said, they are afraid of losing power. Awami League's only goal is not to serve the people, but to stay in power.

In response to a question about BNP’s Vice Chairman Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin, Moin Khan said that the more such incidents are published, the more the government is getting degraded. It is clear how the government wanted to bring the opposition parties under control before the elections. All their strategies failed.

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Bangladesh has now become a satellite state of India: Rizvi



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BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that following the recent statements of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, almost all the ministers are getting drunk on Bharat Bandana. From their speech and behavior it seems that Bangladesh has now become a satellite state of India.

He said this at a press conference organized at the central office of BNP in Nayapaltan of the capital on Wednesday (March 20).

Rizvi said, they are giving loud speeches by giving direct cooperation and acknowledgment of neighboring India in their efforts to take away people's voting rights, kill democracy and get immortality of illegal power without voting.

He said, the frank confession of Obaidul Quader and Hasan Mahmud proves that India is directly interfering with our freedom, sovereignty, democracy, human rights, voting rights in direct violation of Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter. Article 2 (4) states, "In international relations all Member States shall refrain from the use of force, intimidation against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other State, and from adopting any means inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations". It is clear from the words of Awami League leaders that India is interfering in the politics of Bangladesh by violating this policy.

The Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP said that the wave of boycott of Indian products is visible on social media; it seems that the large population of the country has taken a strong stand in favor of boycott of Indian products. It is evident that 63 pro-democracy parties including BNP as a people's party and patriotic people are expressing solidarity in this movement of boycott of Indian products.

He said, India is openly aiding and abetting the mass oppressor-murderer-mafia government. Awami League has now become an Indian product which is contrary to the interests and dignity of an independent sovereign state.

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