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Wednesday, June 12, 2002

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AL removes seven central leaders from party posts
50 others suspended, 305 warned

Staff Correspondent, The Daily Star

Awami League has decided to remove seven central leaders and 14 others at various levels from their party posts and suspend another 50 for various periods for their controversial role during the last general election.

The party also issued warning notices to another 305 leaders and workers for such role.

The AL Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meeting yesterday with party chief Sheikh Hasina in the chair took the decisions after reviewing reports of a probe committee formed immediately after the election.

The committee had accused 540 party men for breaking party discipline but the CWC relieved 144 of them of the charges after review.

The actions came eight months after the general election and six months ahead of the party's biennial central council.

The meeting also fixed December 22 and 23 this year for the party's biennial council.

The seven central leaders who will be removed from party posts are: Joint Secretary Mozaffar Hossain Paltu, Science and Technology Secretary Moniem Sarker, Assistant Office Secretary Siddiqur Rouf Khan, Assistant Publication Secretary Nurul Fazal Bulbul, and Executive Committee members Prof Fazlul Haq, Fulu Sarker and Nurul Majid Humayun, according to meeting sources.

"Awami League does not want to lose its leaders, but wants to get them corrected," Hasina said while talking to newsmen after adjournment of the CWC meeting yesterday afternoon.

None of the leaders were stripped of their primary membership of the party, she said.

However, the leaders and workers facing punishment can appeal to the party's National Committee for revision of the CWC decision, according to party sources.

The CWC meeting also asked the party's front organisations to take action against those accused of breaking party discipline and to inform the party.

The probe committee in its report said activities of the leaders and workers contrary to the party interest caused defeat of some AL nominees in the election.

For overhauling the party, the meeting had a detailed discussion of its strength at all level. It asked party committees at thana and district levels to complete their conferences by September 31 and October 31 respectively.

For holding AL's biennial central conference and council on December 22-23, the meeting formed three subcommittees. These are a 21-member constitution amendment and declaration sub-committee headed by Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, an 11-member financial sub-committee headed by AMA Muhit and a seven-member election tribunal sub-committee headed by Syeday Johora Tajuddin.

The meeting extended the tenure of the party's Central Committee for six months, up to holding of the next biennial central conference in December. The tenure expires on June 23.

It decided to dissolve district committees in Magura, Jessore, Khulna, Kushtia, Sylhet and Pirojpur and suggested convening committees in these districts.

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JP (Manju) names new central body members

by Staff Reporter, The Independent

Jatiya Party (Manju) yesterday announced its new central working committee with Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam as President and Secretary General respectively.

The new committee includes 13 presidium members, eight Vice-Chairmen and 59 secretariat members.

According to a party press release, Begum Taslima Hossain, Begum Zinat Hossain, Begum Quamrunnahar Zafar, Syed Tareq, Azam Khan and Anil Bandhu Das were made Presidium members.

The Secretarial members include Golam Faruq Avi, Sadeq Siddiqi, Abul Khyer Siddiqi, Abdul Hye Mondol, Jahangir Hossain, Ali Ahmed Khan, Quamrul Hasan Babul, Iftekhar Ahmed Limon and Alhaj Abdul Ali.

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