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Chhatra Dal activists seal off BNP central office
DHAKA, June 11, 2019 (BSS) – Agitated Chhatra Dal leaders and activists
today locked the main gate of the BNP central office at Nayapaltan here,
demanding cancelation of age-limit in the party’s charter.
The agitated Chhatra Dal leaders and activists gathered in front of the
BNP office after they locked its main gate at about 11 am. They also cut off
the power connectivity of the office. Some of them staged in on the ground
floor of the office building.
Former Chhatra Dal leaders Shamsuzzaman Dulu, Amanullah Aman, Asaduzzaman
Ripon, Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee, ABM Mosharaf Hossain, Shafiul Bari Babu
and Abdul Kader Bhuiyan, among others, rushed to the spot at about 11 am, but
failed to enter the office in protest.
Agitators demanded cancellation of the announcement of the dissolve of
Chhatra Dal committees and removing age-ceiling in the party’s charter for
the committees.
“We sent a letter inserting our demands to the BNP acting vice chairman.
But BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi suddenly dissolved
the Chhatra Dal committees, ignoring our demands. He made mandatory that one
must be below 35 years to take place in Chhatra Dal committees. And it must
be cancelled,” said Mamun Billah, vice-president of the recently resolved
Chhatra Dal committee.
The previous committee of Chhatra Dal was annulled earlier on June 3 in a
release signed by BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
The release also added that a candidate must pass the SSC or equivalent
examinations after 2000 to be named in the Chhatra Dal Committee.
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