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Download PDF The convening committee of Khulna City BNP yesterday decided to place the demand before the party high command for expelling Whip Ashraf Hossain from the party for making remarks against the prime minister’s family and branding Jamaat as harbourer of JMB.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting at the party office with Ali Asgar Lobi MP in the chair.
The committee also expelled two senior members of the city unit from primary membership. They are Nazrul Islam Manju and Nuruzzaman Khokon.
Nazrul Islam Manju, former general secretary of Khulna City BNP, and Whip Ashraf Hossain belong to lawmaker M Nurul Islam faction of Khulna BNP, which opposes the faction being headed by Ali Asgar Lobi.
Both the factions are now at loggerheads and involved in slandering their leaders openly at different meetings on party programmes.
Lawmaker M Nurul Islam, former founding president of Khulna City BNP, told this correspondent yesterday that Ali Asgar Lobi has no right to expel anyone as he heads a convening committee not approved by the central high command.
One the other hand, Lobi accused Manju and Khokon of their involvement in anti-party activities.
Manju in a press statement in the afternoon branded Lobi as an agent saboteur in the BNP. He said Lobi is serving purpose of self-interest under the cover of BNP.
Meanwhile, security forces have been deployed in front of the City BNP office, fearing violence between supporters of both factions.
Supporters of Nurul Islam-Manju faction have declared to occupy party office, challenging the authority of Lobi to issue expulsion order.
On the other hand, supporters Lobi-Mayor faction have declared to prevent the supporters of Nurul Islam, Whip Ashraf Hossain and Manju from entering party office.
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