The main opposition BNP decided to remove banners and posters from its central office aiming to end the unhealthy competition among party leaders to grab space on the walls in and outside the office in the city's Naya Paltan.
Instead, it asked to keep posters of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman only.
The party took the decision yesterday in an exclusive meeting between acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and presidents and general secretaries of BNP's front and associate bodies at the central office.
In the meeting, Alamgir asked the leaders to refrain from creating chaos during the party's programmes and warned of disciplinary action against violators.
The followers of party leaders usually set up banners and posters in and outside the party office, demanding release of arrested leaders or protesting cases filed against them. A few banners congratulate the leaders of the respective organisations after being awarded important posts.
As per yesterday's decision, the leaders who set up banners in privately owned buildings adjacent to the party office will also have to remove those.
The meeting also made it mandatory to take permission from the office secretary before setting up posters or banners of the party or its front bodies regarding party programmes in and outside the office.
Talking to The Daily Star, Jubo Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal said they already started to remove posters and banners from the central office.
Meeting sources said Mirza Alamgir asked the leaders not to engage in chaos only to sit on the dais or in front of the dais during party programmes.
Alamgir said, "From now on, I will stand while delivering speeches in briefings and no person will be allowed to stand behind or beside me only to get their faces seen on television.
"While the party is passing a bad time with cases being filed against its chairperson and Tarique Rahman and we could not forge a tougher movement till now, you (front body leaders) are busy grabbing seats at press briefings or on stage. It has to be stopped."
Source : The Daily Star
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