18 former ministers, MPs, JP leaders join BNP
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Eighteen former ministers, MPs and Jatiya Party and PDB leaders Saturday met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office and joined BNP, reports UNB.
They are: former Jatiya Party and PDB leaders and ex-ministers Tajul Islam Chowdhury and Lt Col (retd) AHM Gaffar, ex-state minister Qamrunnahar Zafar, ex-MP Fakhrul Imam, ex-MP Noor Mohammad Mandal, ex-MP Sultana Zaman Chowdhury, ex-MP Matiur Rahman, ex-MP Mohammad Ali, ex-MP Farid Ahmed and Zahidur Rahman Zahid of Awami League, Col (retd) Zillur, Dr Zahid Hossain Pradhan, Maj (retd) Nurur Rahman, Jahangir Hossain, Chowdhury Shafiqul Islam, president, Kurigram Chamber, Abdul Matin, president, JP, Ishwarganj unit, Abul Kalam, organising secretary, JP Mymensingh, and Afzal Hossain.
Tajul Islam Chowdhury told reporters that they would work under the leadership of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and strengthen nationalist forces in the country.
They are: former Jatiya Party and PDB leaders and ex-ministers Tajul Islam Chowdhury and Lt Col (retd) AHM Gaffar, ex-state minister Qamrunnahar Zafar, ex-MP Fakhrul Imam, ex-MP Noor Mohammad Mandal, ex-MP Sultana Zaman Chowdhury, ex-MP Matiur Rahman, ex-MP Mohammad Ali, ex-MP Farid Ahmed and Zahidur Rahman Zahid of Awami League, Col (retd) Zillur, Dr Zahid Hossain Pradhan, Maj (retd) Nurur Rahman, Jahangir Hossain, Chowdhury Shafiqul Islam, president, Kurigram Chamber, Abdul Matin, president, JP, Ishwarganj unit, Abul Kalam, organising secretary, JP Mymensingh, and Afzal Hossain.
Tajul Islam Chowdhury told reporters that they would work under the leadership of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and strengthen nationalist forces in the country.