In response to calls from party leaders, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has decided to convene a joint meeting on January 31 to discuss the appointment of GM Quader as JP co-chair and removal of Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu from the post of secretary general.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today said he has appointed GM Quader the party’s co-chairman as he and his wife have become too old to run the party.

Rifts in the Jatiya Party widen further, as its Chairman HM Ershad yesterday removed party secretary general Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, who opposed the JP chief's decision to appoint GM Quader as co-chairman.