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AL's Ctg feud comes to fore

2 factions observe party anniversary separately

Staff Correspondent, ctg
The long-term division and factional feud in Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Chittagong city unit has become apparent with Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) poll ended last week.
Now it is obvious as the two factions led by AL lawmaker Nurul Islam and incumbent AL city unit president and ex-CCC Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury separately observed the party's 61st founding anniversary yesterday.
Mohiuddin-led faction of AL city unit organised a discussion meeting marking the party's 61st founding anniversary at Muslim Institute hall at around 5.00pm yesterday.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury presided over the meeting where Chittagong University's Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Abu Yusuf Alam was chief discussant. AL city unit GS Inamul Hoque Danu, organising secretary Badiul Alam, joint secretaries Ibrahim Hossain Babul and Khorshed Alam Sujan and member advocate Iftekhar Saimul Chowdhury spoke among others. Speakers at the meeting demanded taking action against the party-men who plotted for Mohiuddin's defeat in the CCC polls.
On the other hand, anti-Mohiuddin leaders who are loyal to Nurul Islam separately arranged an indoor discussion at around 3.00pm at the residence of AL city unit vice president Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury.
Chaired by Mahtab Uddin the meeting was attended by AL city unit vice president Noim Uddin, organising secretary Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, member Jamshedul Alam, former member Shafiqul Islam, former ward councillors Jalal Uddin Iqbal and Tareq Solaiman Selim.
The anti-Mohiuddin faction also arranged separate programmes at different
wards including Kotwali and Bakalia on the occasion.
Nurul Islam and AL leader AJM Nasir Uddin could not attend the meetings as both were in Dhaka, sources said.
Meanwhile, Chittagong city AL in an extended meeting held at Mohiuddin's residence on Tuesday night, also pointed finger to some AL leaders including a few AL and grand alliance lawmakers of the city for working against Mohiuddin in the mayoral poll.
Chaired by city unit presi-dent Mohiuddin Chowdhury, the extended meeting was attended by 12 city unit leaders loyal to Mohiuddin.
The leaders were AL city unit general secretary Kazi Inamul Hoque Danu, vice presidents Belayet Hossain and Sunil Sarker, organising secretaries Badiul Alam and
MA Rashid, joint secretaries Ibrahim Hossain Babul and Khorshed Alam Sujan, members Mahmudul Hoque, Altaf Hossain Bachchu, advocate Iftekhar Saimul Chowdhury, Shafik Adnan and Shafiqur Rahman Faruk.
AL grass-root level leaders from 43 Ward committees and 11 Thana committees submitted reports at the meeting identifying causes behind Mohiuddin's defeat in the CCC poll after those were demanded from them.
Emerging from the two-hour long meeting, Danu told the reporters that some AL and grand alliance lawmakers worked against Mohiuddin aiming to bring a change in city unit leadership.
He said they would recommend that the high command should expel the
leaders who had campaigned against the party candidate.
The division that emerged a couple of years ago and which was expected to be bridged by the initiatives of the party chief Sheikh Hasina supporting ABM Mohiuddin in the CCC polls is still prevailing.
Partymen think that the division and feud caused the debacle of Mohiuddin in the CCC polls.
Contacted, anti-Mohiuddin leader and AL organising secretary Rezaul Karim did not make any comment regarding the allegation against some AL leaders raised at the Tuesday night meeting.
Regarding Mohouddin's defeat, Rezaul said they are observing the situation and are waiting for the centre's decision about city AL.