Khaleda will lead party for life: BNP
Sat, Sep 13th, 2008 8:36 pm BdST
Dhaka, Sept 13 (bdnews24.com) – Khaleda Zia will head BNP for life, party policy makers decided Saturday in a standing committee meeting, just two days after her release from jail.
Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui placed the proposal on Khaleda's lifetime leadership, Khandaker Delwar Hossain told reporters after the meeting.
Khaleda called the 'urgent' meeting of the party's top policymaking body, beginning at 4.30pm, to discuss a schedule and agenda for BNP's planned dialogue with the government among other urgent issues stemming from Khaleda's release, a party official had earlier told bdnews24.com.
Delwar said Khaleda's meeting with four advisers and her conversation with chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed over telephone were high on the meeting's agenda.
The meeting also okayed the appointment of Delwar as secretary general of the party and approved his decisions during Khaleda's detention, he told reporters after the meeting.
The committee also approved the decisions taken up by Delwar during the period Khaleda was in jail, he said.
On dialogue with the government, Delwar said: "Date and time have not been fixed yet. We will fix them after talks with four-party alliance leaders. We will then inform the government about it."
He said Saturday's meeting declared the last standing committee meeting on Oct 29—held amid intra-party factionalism at M Saifur Rahman's Gulshan home while Khaleda was still behind bars—illegal and its decisions ineffective.
According to the party constitution, only the chairperson can convene a standing committee meeting, the committee members said.
They also demanded national polls ahead of upazila polls and expressed concern at high prices and rising unemployment.
The number of standing committee members totals 11, including Khaleda, M Saifur Rahman, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Abdul Matin Chowdhury, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, AR Goni, Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui, Moudud Ahmed, Khandaker Mahbubuddin Ahmad, Mahbubur Rahman and M Shamsul Islam.
Khandaker Mosharraf and Moudud are currently behind bars.
bdnews24.com/sm/su/my/rah/2034h
Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui placed the proposal on Khaleda's lifetime leadership, Khandaker Delwar Hossain told reporters after the meeting.
Khaleda called the 'urgent' meeting of the party's top policymaking body, beginning at 4.30pm, to discuss a schedule and agenda for BNP's planned dialogue with the government among other urgent issues stemming from Khaleda's release, a party official had earlier told bdnews24.com.
Delwar said Khaleda's meeting with four advisers and her conversation with chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed over telephone were high on the meeting's agenda.
The meeting also okayed the appointment of Delwar as secretary general of the party and approved his decisions during Khaleda's detention, he told reporters after the meeting.
The committee also approved the decisions taken up by Delwar during the period Khaleda was in jail, he said.
On dialogue with the government, Delwar said: "Date and time have not been fixed yet. We will fix them after talks with four-party alliance leaders. We will then inform the government about it."
He said Saturday's meeting declared the last standing committee meeting on Oct 29—held amid intra-party factionalism at M Saifur Rahman's Gulshan home while Khaleda was still behind bars—illegal and its decisions ineffective.
According to the party constitution, only the chairperson can convene a standing committee meeting, the committee members said.
They also demanded national polls ahead of upazila polls and expressed concern at high prices and rising unemployment.
The number of standing committee members totals 11, including Khaleda, M Saifur Rahman, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Abdul Matin Chowdhury, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, AR Goni, Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui, Moudud Ahmed, Khandaker Mahbubuddin Ahmad, Mahbubur Rahman and M Shamsul Islam.
Khandaker Mosharraf and Moudud are currently behind bars.
bdnews24.com/sm/su/my/rah/2034h
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