‘Joy Bangla’ slogan at Press Club: 5 journalists banned

Staff Correspondent

The National Press Club management committee has banned five journalist leaders, calling them ‘outsiders’, for raising slogans of ‘Joy Bangla’ demanding the release of the ‘blocked’ office of the Dhaka Journalists Union. They are: Golam Mujtaba Dhrub, Saif Ali, Soheli Chowdhury, Sajeda Haque, and Rahima Khanam.

Although they are under the leadership of the Dhaka Journalists Union located in the Press Club building.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Press Club Management Committee on Tuesday.

The meeting was presided over by club president Hasan Hafiz, who later announced this information in a press release signed by National Press Club General Secretary Ayub Bhuiyan.

The press release said that the following five outsiders were banned from the club premises for standing at the door of the union office and creating chaos inside the National Press Club on February 21.

Although Golam Mujtaba was a member of the Dhruba Press Club, he was removed from membership after August 5 on charges of involvement with the Awami League. He is also the organizing secretary of the Dhaka Journalists Union.

Besides, Soheli Chowdhury is the finance secretary of Dhaka Journalists Union, Sajeda Haque is the executive member and Saif Ali is the former legal secretary.