BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sat
with members of her party’s newly
formed standing committee yesterday
night to discuss the country’s latest political situation, party’s organisational issues and work out its next course of action, reports UNB.
The meeting began around 9:10 pm at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office with Khaleda in the chair and ended at about 11:30pm. It’s the first meeting of the party’s newly formed policymaking body.
On August 6, BNP announced its full-fledged executive and standing committees, nearly four and a half months after its national council held on March 19.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Salahuddin Ahmed, now facing trial in India, got entry to the 19-member standing committee. However, the names for two posts -- 17 and 18 number positions in the BNP policymaking body -- are not yet announced.
There has been strong resentment among a group of party leaders as they think they have not been properly evaluated in the new committees.
During the meeting with the party standing committee members, BNP insiders told The Independent, Khaleda discussed the party’s new committees, and suggestions to remove the grievances of ‘deprived’ leaders. Sources said no decision was taken to make any additions to the 19-member party standing committee.
Meeting sources said the party will allow each leader to hold just one post. As such, some 30-40 posts will fall vacant where new leaders will be appointed, they said.
Sources said the party will announce a programme regarding the construction of Rampal Power Plant near the Sundarbans through a press conference.
The BNP chief will hold a meeting
with the top leaders of her party-led
20-party alliance on Saturday night at the same venue.