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Bhuiyan dissatisfied

BNP asks its 36 dist units to send reports

By Rezaul Karim
The BNP leadership is now giving ‘top priority' to overcoming organisational weaknesses and strengthening the party to intensify further the one-point movement for dislodging the government and to prepare for the next general elections.
"We are giving top priority to party activities and taking steps to overcome organisational weaknesses as there is no major programme this month due to the SSC examinations, Eld and US President Clinton's visit.” a top BNP leader told The Dally Star yesterday.
He mentioned that Secretary General of the party Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday issued an urgent circular to 36 organisational district units, asking forreports on organisational situation.
The circular asked 19 dis-
trict unit executives committees whose tenure already expired and 17 district units which have convening committees to send organisational reports to the party centra) office within the next week.
BNP has 75 organisational districts across the country. Of the district units. 39 have so far held their council sessions and elected new executive commit -
In his letter. Bhuiyan ex-Sressed dissatisfaction that 36 istrict units have failed to complete council sessions in thanas and districts despite repeated Instructions.
A senior leader of BNP pointed out that the central committee, on instruction from party chief Khaleda Zia. dis -solved a number of district unit executive committees and formed convening committees
He said the party chief has instructed the Secretary Gen • cral to take necessary steps for formation of new executive committees in those organisational districts within March -April The districts include Dhaka. Chittagong (south). Barisal (north!. Rajshahi city. Comilla (south). Khulna city. NarayanganJ. Bhola. Gazipur and Munshiganj
Another top leader of the party said these district and thana units are not being able to complete their biennial councils because of the government's "unbearable repression, suppression and harassment".
Citing some examples, he said police rounded up 28 leaders and activists of BNP at Mirpur in the city when they were holding a party meeting False cases nave been filed against 141 BNP men in Kendua thana in Netrokona and 97 activists in Haluaghat thana in My* mensingh.
Such false cases have been filed against nearly one lakh leaders and activists of the party across the country, he claimed.
Asked about organisational weaknesses, a member of BNP Standing Committee said. "We are determined io complete formation of full-fledged committees tn the remaining districts by April because we now want to prepare for the next general elections as well as in -tensity the current movement."
Another Standing Commit -tee member said policy makers of the party at a meeting on Saturday suggested a "change of strategy, making the parly election-oriented and strengthening organisational activities"
Both the leaders, however, sought anonymity.