Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) central committee has expelled two leaders of the Sreemangal upazila unit of the party for contesting the upazila election going against the party decision.
The expelled leaders are former Sreemangal upazila BNP unit president Ataur Rahman and former general secretary of the same unit Yakub Ali. A party press release signed by BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday night said the BNP leaders were expelled from the party for violating party discipline by engaging in the activities hurting party interests. BNP extended support to Mamtaj Jalal to run the race for the chairman post in the upcoming March 23 election in the upazila. On the other hand, Ataur Rahman submitted nomination papers to vie for the same post defying party choice.Meanwhile, the central committee expelled Yeakub Ali for taking part in electioneering against the BNP-supported candidates.UNB, Moulvibazar
