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BCL-SUSPENSION (with picture)
BCL likely to suspend ‘controversial’ leaders
DHAKA, May 16, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the students’
wing of the ruling party Awami League, decided to suspend some newly selected
‘controversial’ leaders from the 301-member central committee.
“As per the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we have decided to
suspend some leaders who are accused in cases, drug addicted, over aged,
married and involved in anti-organisational activities,” said BCL General
Secretary Golam Rabbani.
“We gave them 24 hours ultimatum to prove themselves innocent, otherwise we
will suspend them and substitute them with the leaders having clean image,”
he said.
Rabbani came up with the announcement at a press briefing held at Awami
League’s President’s political office at Dhanmondi last night.
Prior to the press briefing BCL president Md Reaznul Chowdhury Shovon and
Golam Rabbani discussed the issue with Awami League joint general secretaries
Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman.
BCL President Shovon told that they would not only take action against the
controversial leaders, but also will take action against leaders who
tarnished BCL’s image.
Post-deprived and devalued leaders of the committee of Bangladesh Chhatra
League (BCL at a press conference revealed a list of ninety nine
controversial leaders, who were awarded different posts in newly announced
full-fledged central committee of BCL.
Tanjil Bhuiyan Tanvir, Suranjan Ghosh, Mohammad Arefin Siddique Suzon,
Atikur Rahman Khan Barkat Hossain Hawlader, Shahriar Kabir Bidyut, Mahmudul
Hasan, Aminul Islam Bulbul, Sadik Khan, SM Taufiqul Hasan Sagor, Sohani Hasan
Tithi, Munmun Nahar Boisakhi, Ahsan Habib, Rushi Chowdhuri and Afrin Labony
were termed as controversial at the press conference.
On May 13, BCL announced its 301-member full-fledged committee one year
after it held its last council.
Apart from president and general secretary, the committee includes 61
vice-presidents, 11 joint secretaries, 11 organizing secretaries, 32
different other secretaries, 126 deputy secretaries, 47 assistant secretaries
and 11 members.
BSS/ASG/MMN/RY/1915 hrs