Internal feud in Netrakona district BNP surfaced anew after formation of a full-fledged committee of the unit on Tuesday.

The district unit split into two factions after party Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain made advocate Nuruzzaman Nuru and Abu Taher Talukder, president and general secretary of the unit, on June 27 last year.

One faction is led by former lawmaker Ashrafuddin Khan and the other by advocate Nuruzzaman Nuru. Ashraf-led group also took out a procession in the town soon

after announcement of the names of Nuruzzaman and Taher by the party secretary general.

On Tuesday, Nuruzzaman and AbuTaher formed a full-fledged district unit and submitted the names of the office-bearers to BNP central committee for approval. Hearing the news, local leaders and activists belonging to Ashraf group brought out a procession in the town, locked the district BNP office and burnt the effigy of Nuruzzaman.

Former general secretary of district BNP advocate Mahfuzul Haque, president of Netrakona Sadar upazila BNP Mujibur Rahaman, president of BNP Netrakona

municipality unit Kamal Ahmad, former senior vice president of the district unit Abdul Mannan Talukder are siding with Ashrafuddin.

Nuruzzaman is backed by incumbent general secretary of district BNP Abu Taher Talukder, former assistant secretary of the unit Imran Khan Chowdhury and district BNP leader Salauddin Khan Milky.

When contacted, Nuruzzaman said some Jatiya Party men, who recently joined the BNP, locked the district office.

Ashrafuddin said Nuruzzaman and Abu Taher are not capable of leading Netrakona BNP