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BNP Unity

Hannan starts talks with pro-Saifur group

Rakib Basnet Suman
Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah, leader of pro-Khaleda faction BNP, has started discussion with pro-Saifur leaders as part of his initiative to bring unity in the party, said sources.
BNP leaders said Hannan Shah has already talked to Mofazzal Karim, another adviser to the chairperson, over phone and discussed ways to unite the party.
Karim, a pro-Saifur leader and close to Mannan Bhuiyan, was expelled by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and reinstated by the
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standing committee as a member on October 29 last year.
"Hannan Shah has received direction from the detained party chief for bringing unity in the party," a leader close to him told The Daily Star.
Pro-Khaleda faction has however got divided over Hannan's initiative as a number of leaders including Khandaker Delwar Hossain oppose the move. They don't want any discussion with Saifur-led leaders before cancelling the decision of the October 29 meeting that made Saifur acting chairperson.
However, BNP Office Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told The Daily Star last night there is no division or difference of opinion in the party
regarding unity.
"The secretary general did not give any precondition but a BNP leader must accept the decision of Khaleda Zia that made Delwar Hossain secretary general and expelled three leaders," he added.
He went on to say that the decision of the October 29 meeting should also be cancelled.
Asked about the discussion between Hannan Shah and Mofazzal Karim, Rizvi, who is close to both Delwar and Hannan, said he does not know anything.
Hannan, an adviser to the BNP chairperson and also a vocal leader of pro-Khaleda faction, on Sunday told reporters he is ready to sit with the reformists without any condition and hoped for forging unity in
the party.
Earlier, Khaleda-appointed Secretary General Delwar several times categorically said pro-Saifur faction must cancel the October 29 meeting’s decision and accept the chairperson's expulsion order.
Party insiders said most of the leaders of pro-Khaleda faction including Nazrul Islam Khan, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, Selima Rahman and Mohammad Shahjahan also extended support to Hannan.
They also said Hannan wanted
to bring back the party leaders excluding three expelled leaders Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Ashraf Hossain and Mofiqul Islam Tripti and that is why he started discussion with pro-Saifur leaders.
Meanwhile, a group of former student leaders also decided to take a separate initiative to unite the party.
According to their plan they will hold talks with leaders including Delwar, Hannan and Goyeshwar soon and then sit with pro-Saifur leaders.