Feud in Kishoreganj BNP intensifies

Education Minister Dr. Osman Faruq is president of Kishoreganj district BNP committee and Waliullah Rabbani is its secretary. The committee was formed last year.

The move by Ranjan came after the two-member committee dissolved the BNP committee in Kotiadi upazila on Sunday. Earlier, the party committee in Hussainpur upazila was also dissolved by the two-member committee.

Ranjan in a press statement issued Sunday night claimed that the Osman-Rabbani committee has no right to dissolve any other committee at any level as it itself is 'illegal'.

According to party constitution, a district committee can not be formed with only two members. There must be 101 members, he said. "The two persons are not forming a full-fledged committee only to exercise their power undemocratically and to continue their illegal activities", the statement said.

Earlier, on November 27 last year, the so-called district committee dissolved Hussainpur upazila BNP committee but its secretary Rafiqul Islam is still holding the post, defying the two persons, Ranjan said in the statement.

While contacted by this correspondent, Rafiq said he is continuing as secretary of the upazila committee as per instruction of Public Works and Housing Minister Mirza Abbas, who is also minister in-charge of Kishoreganj district.

Ranjan said the BNP high command can not approve or form a district committee with only two members.

The BNP is divided into four factions in Kishoreganj and all the factions hold programmes separately. The four factions are led by Dr M Osman Faruq, Mirza Abbas, Maj (Rtd) Akhter Uzzaman Ranjan and Awaliullah Robbani.

There is no full-fledged district committee for over 11 years.

On Sunday, leaders of different trade unions aligned with BNP protested formation of a new committee of Kishoeganj Sramik Dal with Nizam Uddin Khan Nayan and Jamal Abu Naser Hilali Minto as president and secretary respectively.

At the press conference, the trade union leaders said the way in which new Sramik Dal committee has been formed is unconstitutional and undemocratic. The committee was formed without holding any council, they said.