STAR REPORT

After resigning from his post as lawmaker, Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan quit being the BNP chairperson’s advisor yesterday, as the party “was not giving him due importance”.

Sattar submitted his resignation letter to the BNP chief’s office on Thursday night, his son Mainul Hasan Tushar told The Daily Star yesterday.

Tushar said BNP is not giving his father much importance at present. He is not even consulted for taking important decisions for the party. “It seems to us that he is no longer needed for the party’s activities.”

“As a result, we think it is better for him to spend time with the family,” he said.

On December 10, seven BNP lawmakers, including Sattar, announced their resignation from parliament at the party’s Golapbagh rally in Dhaka. Later, they submitted their resignation letters to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury the next day.