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Dispute in leaderships makes BCL unstable

Tenure of all 87 organisational committees expires long ago

NajmulAlam Nobin
Bangladesh Chhatra League s (BCL) failure in forming new committees of its district and university units have led to a series of intra-BCL clashes in several educational institutions across the country, BCL sources said
The tenure of all the 87 BCL organisational district committees including the central one expired a long ago, said the sources
Disputes over leadership in the BCL units have emerged in absence of new committees. This led to over 20 incidents of intra-BCL clashes in several universities and other educa-
tional institutions across the country in the last 15 days.
In an attempt to facilitate young leadership, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina in 2006 introduced an age limit of 29 years for remaining as a BCL leader. The present central committee was formed the same year maintaining the provision.
But the central executive committee formed on April 4, 2006 with Mahmud Hasan Roton as president and Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton as general secretary did not implement it during formation of BCL unit commi ttees.
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Internal conflicts in the student organisation could be checked through formation of fresh unit committees and creation of new leadership, said BCL insiders.
Although the two top BCL leaders have been saying they would take initiative to announce new committees soon, no real step has been taken yet.
Preferring anonymity, several central committee leaders said the major problem of BCL is lack of control of its central body over unit committees.
In many cases, unit leaders are senior to the BCL central committee president and general secretary. For instance, the general secretary of Dhaka city unit (north) is older than the BCL central unit general secretary.
The unit committees in many Dhaka University (DU) halls were formed almost seven years back. The unit presidents and secretaries, who are no longer students, have their own factions. A few of them returned to DU dormitories and are now occupying rooms at the halls.
After a recent clash In a
DU dormitory, top BCL leaders at DU held a few senior leaders, who returned to the DU halls recently, responsible for the clash.
BCL President Ripon told The Daily Star, "New committees could not be formed for various reasons but we shall soon take steps to announce new committees."
Moreover, infiltration into the BCL from Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Island Chhatra Shibir after the parliamentary polls has caused clashes at various places.
Although the Awami League chief said the party and its associate bodies do not need to go for new recruitment, BCL leaders in different units are recruiting JCD and Shibir activists to strengthen their own factions, said some central BCL leaders.
Following a series of intra-BCL clashes across the country, the BCL central body yesterday summoned the presidents and secretaries of district and university units to the capital for holding a meeting today.