Amid pressure from opponents in the party, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad convenes a joint meeting on January 31 to discuss appointment of GM Quader as JP co-chair and removal of Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu from the secretary general post.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday tightened his control on the party with GM Quader and Ruhul Amin Howlader taking charge of co-chairman and secretary general.

The Jatiya Party is apparently on the verge of split again, as dissidents last night declared presidium member Raushan Ershad as its acting chairman, within 24 hours of Chairman Ershad's naming his younger brother GM Quader as its co-chairman.

Jatiya Party splits into two a day after its Chairman HM Ershad made his younger brother GM Quader co-chairman of the party