Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Monday made party presidium member Moshiur Rahman Ranga its secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post.
Ershad took the decision as per section 20/1/A of the Jatiya Party constitution giving it immediate effect, his deputy press secretary Delwar Jalali told UNB.
Ranga, also the State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives, will discharge the duty of party secretary general alongside party’s presidium member as his additional charge, said a party press release.
However, the reason behind the removal of Hawlader was not mentioned in the press release.
Hawlader faced the fresh blow with his removal from Jatiya Party’s secretary general post, a day after his nomination for Patuakhali-1 seat was rejected by election officials for ‘loan default’.
Party insiders said Ershad took the decision to appease the party rank and file as allegations have it that the Jatiya Party chairman in connivance with Hawlader nominated party candidates taking huge money from them, depriving many deserving ones.
The aggrieved nomination hopefuls and their supporters also recently staged demonstrations at the party’s Banani office.
Besides, they said, their chairman was also not happy with Hawlader’s performance as he could not effectively bargain with the ruling party to confirm the nomination of party presidium members Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and Salma Islam from the Grand Alliance.
They also said Ershad was also upset with the cancellation of Hawlader’s nomination which prompted him to remove him from the party’s vital post.
Howlader was first made Jatiya Party secretary general in 2001 when the party faced a split and remained in the post for 12 consecutive years.
In April 2014, Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu was appointed Jatiya Party secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post.
On January 19, 2016, Ershad removed Bablu from the post of the party secretary general and replaced him with Ruhul Amin Hawlader.
