Party workers protest against BNP candidate in Noakhali for calling central leaders extortionists

Local correspondent

A section of the party’s leaders and activists have held a protest march and rally demanding the withdrawal of the nomination of BNP’s nominated candidate for Noakhali-5 (Kompaniganj-Kabirhat-Sadar) Mohammad Fakhrul Islam and his expulsion from the party for calling BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other central leaders of the party extortionists and godfathers.

The program was held under the banner of BNP family members of Noakhali-5 constituency at Kabirhat Bazar in the district yesterday afternoon.

A protest procession came out from the Kabirhat Government College premises and circled Karibahat Bazar. Later, former vice-president of Kabirhat Upazila Chhatra Dal Mizanur Rahman Harun and former publicity secretary of Kabirhat Municipality BNP Nur Uddin addressed the protest rally at Kabirhat Bazar.

Former Kabirhat Upazila BNP member Belayet Hossain, joint convener of Kabirhat Upazila Volunteer Party Rubel, former convener of Kabirhat Government College Chhatra Dal Imtiaz Uddin Rizon, convener of Kabirhat Municipality Volunteer Party Ahsan Ullah Mohan, and leaders and activists of BNP, its affiliates and associate organizations were present at the event.

At that time, the speakers said, “We have accepted the party’s decision to nominate S. Alam Group’s business partner Fakhrul Islam in the Noakhali-5 constituency in the next election, even though there are many qualified candidates.” But we saw that Fakhrul Islam made ugly comments against many top party leaders, including our party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, at a press conference yesterday, saying that they had joined the BNP from other parties.

Party leaders and activists demanded that Fakhrul Islam’s nomination be canceled and he be expelled from the party for making offensive comments against party leaders.

Meanwhile, in a video that went viral on social media Facebook, BNP’s party nominee from Noakhali-5 constituency Fakhrul Islam is heard saying, “If I say, ‘I can’t finish it all day,’ thousands of leaders and activists will see that a large part of it is from other parties.”

Even BNP Secretary General Fakhrul Saheb is coming from another party. Obaidur Rahman came from Awami League and became BNP Secretary General, Mannan Bhuiyan came from NAP and became Secretary General, even in Noakhali politics, Barkat Ullah Bulu, Zainul Abedin Faruk, Shahjahan Saheb are not a single product of BNP. Shahjahan Saheb is coming from NAP, Barkat Ullah Bulu and Zainul Abedin Faruk are coming from JSD. So if so many people can do BNP, why is everyone itching only for me?

When asked, Mohammad Fakhrul Islam, the BNP’s nominated candidate for Noakhali-5 (Companiganj-Kabirhat-Sadar partial) constituency, said, “My meeting with almost all the leaders and activists of Kabirhat Upazila BNP has been going on since this morning. I have no statement on this matter. Everyone has the right to express their reactions as a citizen.”