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JP in the soup

Ershad removes Ranga, Tajul from presidium

Rashidul Hasan and Prabir Barua Chowdhury
In a surprise move, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday relieved party's presidium members Moshiur Rahman Ranga andTajul Islam Chowdhury of their posts.
Ershad, however, didn't give any reasons behind the decision.
Ranga is state minister for LGRD and Cooperatives, and Tajul is chief whip of the opposition in parliament.
Party insiders said Ranga was known to be a close aide to
the JP chief. And it was Ershad who persuaded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to include Ranga in her cabinet.
The JP chairman announced his latest decision through a press release yesterday.
A number of JP leaders told The Daily Star yesterday that the party was in trouble, as conflicts between Ershad and his wife Raushan Ershad, the leader of the opposition, has reached its peak over some issues, including the appointment of deputy leader of the opposition in parliament.
Asked, a senior JP presidium member said the situation was such that none in the JP knew what was happening inside the party and what would happen next.
"It is hard to say who is running Jatiya Party at present and what the party's position on a particular issue is," added the JP leader.
During a break at yesterday's parliament sitting, four JP lawmakers -Ranga, Tajul, Kazi Feroz Rashid and Ruhul Amin Hawlader - informed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about Ershad's latest decision and sought her interference.
A JP lawmaker, who was present there, told The Daily Star that Hasina had advised them to stay calm.
"We have informed the prime minister that the Jatiya Party chief is destroying the party. He is making unilateral decisions one after another.
"In reply, she said the party should run smoothly, and asked us to show restraint," said the JPlawmaker.
Several JP leaders told The Daily Star that Ershad's latest decision was "autocratic", and it was the outcome of a serious rift between the party chief and
Raushan.
Wishing anonymity, a JP leader said Ranga and Tajul were victimised for extending support to Raushan on the issue of appointing Feroz as deputy leader of the opposition.
At a meeting of JP parliamentary body at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Monday, Ranga and Tajul criticised Ershad for his recent statement that the JP should quit the government to play the role of a "real" opposition.
In the absence of the party chairman, Raushan at the meeting decided to appoint Feroz as deputy leader of the opposition.
On Tuesday, Raushan sent a letter to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, requesting her to take steps to this end.
On the same day, Ershad met Hasina at her parliament office and requested her to stop the move.
The JP chairman also urged the Speaker not to make Feroz deputy leader of the opposition, saying he is the party chairman, and the party didn’t make any decision on Feroz's appointment as deputy leader of the opposition.
Early last month, Raushan wrote to the Speaker and made the same request But the Speaker refrained from taking any measures due to Ershad's objections.
The JP chief later suspended Feroz from the party's Dhaka city unit
Party insiders said JP lawmakers Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and Anisul Islam Mahmud had influenced Ershad not to make Feroz deputy leader of the opposition.
"Bablu persuaded Ershad to make him party's secretaiy general. And now he [Bablu] wants to become deputy leader of the opposition with the party chiefs blessings," said a JP presidium member, asking not to be named.