BNP expels 17 more leaders for contesting UZ polls

BNP has expelled 17 more of its grassroots leaders for their move to contest the upcoming upazila (UZ) elections violating the party's decision, reports UNB.

A BNP press release signed by its assistant office secretary Belal Ahmed on Thursday said 17 party leaders in seven districts --Chapainawabganj, Brahmanbaria, Mymensingh, Magura, Kushtia, Khulna and Rangamati -- were also stripped off their primary memberships.

The expelled leaders included Chapainawabganj district unit BNP joint secretary Anwarul Islam, Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj upazila joint secretary Selim Parvez, Nabinagar Mohila affairs secretary Muchena Begum, Sarail joint secretary Nuruzzaman Laskar Topu, its member Shamima Akhter, Mymensingh district unit members Nasima Akhter Rubi, Monwara Begum, Kamruzzaman Kiron, Dhobaura upazila party member M Fazlul Haque and Magura district unit member Jahangir Alam Khan Bachchu.