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No step to be taken against Kazi Zafar

Ershad on Saturday's statement lambasting his decision to join poll-time govt

Staff Correspondent
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said he would not take any action against Presidium Member Kazi Zafar Ahmed though the latter, in a statement on Saturday, lambasted him for joining the poll-time government.
"I doubt whether Kazi Zafar had even made the statement. Even if he did it, I am sure it is a pique of the leader.
"We have passed a long time together and I treat him as a family member," Ershad told journalists at the JP office in the capital's Banani.
Kazi Zafar had said by joining the poll-time
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government, Ershad took a clear stance against the people which was tantamount to "betraying the nation".
He also urged JP leaders and activists to take a stance against JP leaders loyal to the incumbent government.
Currently undergoing treatment in a city hospital, Kazi Zafar said after recover-
ing he would provide further directives through a press conference.
The Daily Star yesterday failed to reach him on his phone despite several attempts.
Several senior JP leaders told journalists that Ershad could not believe that Zafar could have done so as he was undergoing treatment and so
he would find out what had actually happened.
However, some party insiders told The Daily Star that the whole incident might be "another drama" ofErshad's.
He might have intentionally made Kazi Zafar, who has good relations with BNP, provide the statement, they said, adding that this
would help him use Kazi Zafar to re-establish relations with BNP, if necessary.
Referring to several past examples, they said Ershad took punitive steps against JP men who took a stance against his decisions. But now his actions were mysterious, raising questions among JP leaders and activists, they added.