Awami League President leads hundreds of leaders and activists to join BNP

In Cumilla, hundreds of leaders and activists have joined BNP under the leadership of the banned union Awami League president. On Tuesday (January 27) night, these leaders and activists joined BNP under the leadership of Ajmal Sarkar, president of Jiarkandi Union Awami League in Titas Upazila. The joining took place at an election rally organized at Jiarkandi Matrichaya School and College ground. The picture went viral on social media today, Thursday.
According to party and local sources, an election rally was organized for BNP’s nominated candidate for Comilla-2 constituency, Principal Selim Bhuiyan, in Jiarkandi area last Tuesday night. More than a hundred leaders and activists and supporters of the banned Awami League from different villages of Jiarkandi Union joined the BNP rally with a procession. The chief guest was the BNP candidate for Comilla-2 (Homna-Titas) constituency with the paddy sheaf symbol, Comilla Divisional Organizing Secretary of the party, Selim Bhuiyan.
The event was attended by Comilla North District BNP convener Akhtaruzzaman Sarkar, Upazila BNP President Osman Gani Bhuiyan, General Secretary Mehedi Hasan Bhuiyan, Upazila BNP former president and former Upazila Parishad chairman Salahuddin Sarkar, Upazila BNP senior vice-president Ali Hossain Molla, vice-president Emdad Hossain Akhand, Jiarkandi Union BNP president Maqbul Hossain Sarkar and others.
Jiarkandi Union Awami League president Ajmal Sarkar said, “I am the son of a freedom fighter family. I have been associated with Awami League politics for a long time. But I did not get much opportunity to do good work. I contested the UP elections as an independent candidate. But the candidate with the boat symbol snatched my vote.” Instead of being praised by the party, I was devalued. I wanted to resign from the party because of the undervalued leaders and activists of the Awami League government. But I did not get the opportunity due to the environment. I also wanted to resign from the party during the interim government. I did not get the opportunity due to the situation in the country. We have to vote for someone or the other. After much thought, I resigned from the party on Tuesday. He said, after listening to the statement of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, we resigned from the Awami League and joined the BNP to strengthen Tarique Rahman’s hand. Upazila BNP President Osman Gani Bhuiyan said, Ajmal Sarkar has joined the BNP with more than a hundred leaders and activists. BNP is a platform of ideals. Anyone with a positive mindset can come here. The doors of BNP will always be open for clean and tidy people.