Showdown by BNP faction in Dinajpur
The district committee was dissolved in June this year after the death of Begum Khushid Zahan Haque, who was a minister in Khaleda Zia's cabinet.
After dissolution of the committee, the party high command formed an ad-hoc body headed by advocate Yusuf Ali.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. No one from the ad-hoc committee took part in yesterday's rally and procession by their rivals, staged as a show of strength.
The processionists comprising party men from most of the 12 wards in the town carried portraits of Khaleda Zia and chanted slogans against their rivals.
They also demanded expulsion of members of the newly formed ad-hoc committee, calling them terrorists and blaming them for tarnishing the party's image in the district.
The rally, held on Dinajpur Institute premises with Md Asraful Alam in the chair, was addressed by, among others, former District BNP organasing secretary Md. Mokhlesur Rahman Rawshan, known to be loyal to Begum Khurshid Zahan Haque.
Police were deployed in and around district BNP office in the town Tuesday night fearing clashes between the two rival factions.