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District Committees

Controversial BNP men out to capture posts

Rakib Hasnet Suman
Ignoring the grassroots' recommendations, the BNP high command might appoint controversial leaders as convenor and joint convenor at the district level.
Many of those who cost the party dear by their corruption-tainted image have already shored up their place due to slow pace of the efforts to reorganise BNP, said insiders.
Though the six central teams commissioned to gather opinions of the grassroots-level leaders submitted their reports about a month ago, the standing committee has begun discussing those only recently.
As a number of its present members have graft allegations against them, the committee, highest policy-making body of the party, will not be able to go tough on the corrupt and controversial leaders, fears the party rank and file.
The persons widely blamed for the decisions leading to 1 /11 are now triumphing over those who remained dedicated to the party during the troubled time over last two years, they observe.
Though Chairperson Khaleda Zia on several occasions said leaders with clean image will be picked to run the party, the latest nominations suggest quite the contrary.
"The chairperson's announcement gave us hope. We thought we ll see a reflection of her announcement in the nominations for the upcoming Bogra by-elections,” a former lawmaker toldThe Daily Star, wishing anonymity.
In response to the drubbing it received in the December 29 national election, BNP decided to form convening committees to replace the district committees long past their tenure.
The committees will be tasked with organising councils to elect full committees within two
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months since their formation.
But in the meantime, many of the controversial leaders have regained the ground they lost, much to the disappointment of the party workers.
"Those who are responsible for the crisis we are in are making a comeback. They are the ones who misled the cnair-person when the BNP-led four-party alliance was in power,” said a senior leader.
Speaking to The Daily Star in return for anonymity, he also said, “If actions were taken against them immediately after the election debacle, it would send a positive signal to the people.”
At talks with the central teams in February, the upazila and district level leaders suggested that the party high-ups drop the corrupt and controversial leaders from the committees.
The standing committee started discussion on those reports on March 22.