Reformists reign in BNP central office | | | | Wed, Nov 14th, 2007 12:46 pm BdST | | |
 | Dhaka, Nov 14 (bdnews24.com) – BNP central office reopened at 10:20am Wednesday after a 10-month shutdown since imposition of the emergency rule with Dhaka city unit leaders Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Abdus Salam first to enter the Naya Paltan headquarters.
Acting secretary general Hafizuddin walked into the head office at 10:52am amid cheers by party adherents. Acting chief M Saifur Rahman arrived at 11:40am and was greeted by the slogan-chanting leaders and workers.
"We have come to our own office for work, not to take its possession," said Saifur to reporters, "I'm only doing my part in the absence of Khaleda Zia."
Hafiz said, "We call upon the minority dissidents to merge with us and bolster BNP solidarity."
Anticipating the reopening, hundreds of the party leaders and workers thronged the office premises since early morning, grinding traffic almost to a halt in the bustling Paltan and adjacent Motijheel.
Up to 400 police personnel and plainclothes policemen were deployed in Naya Paltan prior to the reopening of the BNP headquarters.
Salam, general secretary of BNP's metropolitan unit, told bdnews24.com that their office had remained closed for long due to misunderstanding among the party men.
Now they would use the office as before as a united political front, he added. | |
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