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Two Crucial Issues Reconciliation move in BNP hits snags

Rakib Hasnet Suman
The reconciliation move in BNP seems to have run into a snag with none of the factions ready to budge on two crucial issues--status of the expelled leaders and the post of secretarygeneral.
Some of the pro-Khaleda leaders however have taken a fresh initiative to resolve the leadership, dispute.
As part of their efforts, a Khaleda loyalist joint secretary general has met both Saifur Rahman and Khandaker Delwar Hossain.
Saifur, acting chairperson appointed by the standing committee. told him that he wants to meet Delwar, secretary general appointed by the chairperson, to resolve differences.
But Delwar reiterated that the FROM PAGE 1
decisions taken at the October 29 meeting of the standing committee would have to be cancelled for any dialogue to take place.
The standing committee meeting in question did not approve the chairperson's orders expelling Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Ashraf Hossain and instead reinstated Bhuiyan as its member. It also appointed Saifur and Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed as acting chairman and acting secretary general.
Meanwhile, Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah, an adviser to the now detained chairperson, has recently said he will strive to unite the party. He however declined to elaborate on his plans to that end.
Insiders say pro-Khaleda leaders have no problem with return of most of the Saifur-led group, but they have string reservations about bringing the expelled leaders back into the fold.
Most of the pro-Saifur faction leaders now have no objection to Khaleda Zia retaining the helm, but they would not accept Khandaker Delwar as the secretary general.
“Through dialogue, the senior leaders should not have difficulty finding someone acceptable to both the factions to replace Delwar as the secretary general,” a pro-Saifur leader told The Daily Star last night.
A good number of pro-Khaleda leaders too support the idea as they think Khandaker Delwar has failed to resolve the internal crises. But they remain opposed to taking back those expelled for anti-party activities.
One of them said, “Only the chairperson can decide on the expelled leaders' fate." Besides, the decision on appointment of a new secretary general too rests with her, he added.
Earlier on Thursday, Maj (retd) Hafiz said there is no alternative to unity. Petty differences could be removed if the two leaders--Saifur and Delwar-agree to be at the negotiating table.