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AL committee dissolved a day after announcement


Published : 26 Nov 2019 09:41 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 07:28 AM

The newly formed committee of Baliadangi upazila unit of Awami League has been dissolved just a day after its announcement. The decision was confirmed through a press release signed by general secretary of Thakurgaon district Awami League Mohammad Sadeque Quraeshi. The press release was issued on Tuesday.

Earlier, in the council of Baliadangi upazila Awami League, both the elder and the younger brothers were elected as the President and the General Secretary of the party. At the end of the council held on Monday evening, Sadeque Quraeshi announced the names of elder brother Alhaj Mohammad Ali as the President and younger brother Alhaj Shafiqul Islam as the General Secretary of the upazila AL.

Earlier in the afternoon, Alhaj Dabirul Islam, MP from Thakugaon-2 constituency and President of district AL, inaugurated the council at Upazila Parishad auditorium where Ramseh Chandra Sen, Presidium Member of AL and MP of Thakurgaon-1 constituency, attended as the chief guest.

Presided over by Alhaj Mohammad Ali, the function was addressed, among others, by AL leaders Sadeque Quraishi, Mahbubur Rahman Khokon, Zulfiqur Ali Bhutto, Advocate Mostaque Ali Tulu, Arunagnsho Dutta Tito, Zulfiqur Ali and Kamruzzaaman Shamim.

At the second session of the council, the councillors proposed the name of Mohammd Ali, younger brother of MP Dabirul Islam as the Upazila AL President . There having no contestants, Mohammad Ali wasdeclared elected in the post.

At the post of Upazila AL General Secretary names of four leaders were proposed of them two of them withdrew their names when former upazila AL General Secretary Probir Kumar Roy and Shafiqul Islam, another younger brother of MP Dabirul remained as the contestants. However, Probir Kumar Roy also withdrew from the candidature alleging that MP Dabirul has earliers called the councillors at his house and directed them to vote for his brother Shafiqul. As a result, Shafiqul was declared as the General Secretary of Upazila AL.

It is learnt, newly elected President of Upazila Awami League Mohammad Ali and the General Secretary Shafiqul Islam are borthers. AL Presidium Member Ramesh Chandra Sen MP said, though it was declared that two persons from the same house will not be declared elected as the President and the General Secretary of Upazila AL, it was not possible to stick to the declaration at last.