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BCL's 29th Council Begins Today

Agencies check candidates' backgrounds

DU Correspondent
The 29th council of the ruling party Awami League’s student front, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), will begin today at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital after around three years.
Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina will address the inaugural session of the two-day long council as the chief guest while BCL president Saifur Rahman Sohag will preside over the session.
New president and general secretary of BCL will be announced on the second day of the council, on Saturday.
According to BCL office, as many as 325 nomination forms were sold. Of them, 125 leaders collected forms for president post while the rest will be competing for the post of general secretary.
But there is still uncertainty over the process -whether they would be selected or elected.
Talking about the procedure of choosing leaders, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at a press conference earlier, said, "The list of candidates
has already been made, they would be called for a 'negotiation'. If the leaders agree to negotiate, the committee would be announced through a press release," she said.
"If it does not work, then the committee would be elected through transparent ballots," she added. But she also acknowledged the problem that might be caused by the voting system.
Ahead of the council, hundreds of leaders are lobbying with the organisation's former leaders or Awami League's top brass seeking their blessings to be in top posts of the students' front, according to BCL sources. However, many former and current leaders are saying that this time it would not be possible to get the post by lobbying and the premier herself would choose the leadership.
The influence in selecting top leaders of a specific "syndicate" has been coming frequently in the discussion. The last four committees of BCL were selected by the syndicate run by a former BCL president, said party insiders.
On April 29, while addressing the council of
Dhaka University BCL, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that BCL would be not run by any syndicate or anyone's "pocket committee".
A section of former and current BCL leaders also alleged that incidents like - intra-organisational clash, tender rigging, or infiltration of rival party's activists - occurred most during the outgoing committee led by Sohag and Jakir.
Ahead of the council, allegations have also been raised against some BCL leaders who will be competing for the top posts.
On April 30, the prime minister, in a meeting with party members, said the BCL leaders would be chosen after considering their commitment towards the organisation, background, role during political crisis, and reports made by investigation agencies.
According to sources, four investigation agencies of the government had visited families of the BCL leaders who collected nomination forms and submitted reports to Sheikh Hasina.
LEADERS COMPETING FOR THE TOP POSTS Among the current BCL leaders, vice president Arefin Siddique Sujan; joint general secretary Sayem Khan; law affairs secretary AI Nahean Khan Joy; publications affairs secretary Saif Babu; law affairs deputy secretary Saddam Hussain; training affairs secretary Mazharul Islam Shameem; student and school affairs secretary Khadimul Bashar Joy; environment affairs secretary ABM Habibullah Biplob; planning and programme affairs secretary Rakib Hossain; social welfare affairs deputy secretary Rana Hamid; deputy school affairs secretary Khawaza Khayer Sujan; Sir AF Rahman Hall unit president, Hafizur Rahman, and former organising secretary of Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Huq Hall, Aminul Islam Bulbul are under discussion.
The last council was held in 2015, after four years of the previous committee.