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BNP council by December still uncertain

Staff Correspondent
BNP's plan to hold national council by the end of this year after formations of all grassroots level committees is unlikely to be successful as the party failed to gather momentum in its reorganisation process.
Most of the district convening committees have not yet been able to begin their work properly due to internecine conflict even though those committees were formed four months ago.
Some district conveners have already expressed their willingness to quit the post, as they cannot work due to
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The party Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, however, said die party council would be held at the end of this year.
"The process to form committees across the country is going on. The national council will beheld after formation of all the committees," he added.
When asked about BNP's failure to form all district committees on schedule, Delwar on Friday said all committees will be formed timely before the national council.
Chairperson Khaleda Zia also recently in a meeting of party standing committee expressed her annoyance over the slow pace of the reorganisation process.
"Chairperson is seriously concerned about the matter and we are trying our level bes t," Mahbubur Rahman, member of the standing committee, told The Daily Star yesterday.
Asked whether it is possible to hold council in about 20,000 units across die country in two months, he said they had still one more month in hand as the election commission allowed them the time till January 24.
Party insiders, however, said it may not be possible to hold council in every organisational unit across the country but die party will be able to hold district and central council within the scheduled time if the high command wants.
They said the party high-ups might send several teams led by party's senior and mid- level leaders to visit die grassroots areas to supervise die committee formation process so that the process is completed soon.
' Witliout direct supervision of top leadership formation of field level committees might get tough as almost each unit has several factions," said a former lawmaker of the party.
He also said die party is fraught with apprehension about the fate of the council due to a lack of dynamic leadership in central BNP
Ilie chairperson, however, is very much interested in die reorganisation of the party from grassroots level through democratic process.