Awami League (AL) leaders Rahmatullah and Abul Hasnat and former bureaucrat Shahabuddin Chuppu have been inducted in the party’s advisory council, according to a press release issued on Tuesday night. AL president Sheikh Hasina nominated the three for vacant posts in the advisory council. With this the total number of advisory council now reached 47 after the party’s national council. Rahmatullah is the former president of Dhaka North AL and Abul Hasnat is the former president for Dhaka South AL while Chuppu is a former commissioner of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC). The number of advisory council members was increased to 51 from 41 during the national council meeting on Dec 20 and 21. Four more member posts of the advisory council still remain vacant.