AL leadership
During the AL's five-year rule (1996-2001) many bizarre things happened. Prominent among them was the rise of godfathers like Joynal Hazari, Shamim Osman and so on.
The AL leadership did nothing to rein them in. They should have been tough on them. They have realised, rather late, that a man like Hazari is a burden to any party.
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