‘Hold Krishak League council by Nov 30’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of ruling Awami League, has asked her party’s affiliated body Bangladesh Krishak League to hold its central council by November 30.

“I hope that you would take the necessary step to complete the council by the stipulated time,” Hasina wrote to Krishak League General Secretary Khandaker Shamsul Haque.

The letter signed by Awami League office secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap was sent to the Krishak League general secretary on October 2.

The similar letters will be sent to the top leaders of the party’s all affiliated bodies so that they hold their councils for electing competent and qualified leadership, a party insider told The Daily Star this evening.

Meanwhile, Jubo League has fixed October 30 to hold its central council for electing the vanguards of the party’s youth wing, a close source to the wing said.

Besides, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has already talked to Sechhasebak League to complete its central council before October 30, according to the source.

Awami League is going to hold its 21st national council on December 20 and 21 to elect the party’s next leadership.

Sheikh Hasina, in an informal meeting with her party’s senior leaders at the Gono Bhaban yesterday, asked leaders of her party’s all associated bodies to hold their council within the timeframe.

During the meeting, she also asked her party men to identify and expel those who infiltrated the party and its affiliated bodies.

Infiltrators are out to damage the party’s image, she told AL senior leaders during the meeting.

Hasina asked the AL leaders not to patronise or cover anyone involved in criminal activities or corruption, even if it was a party colleague. She said the anti-gambling and anti-corruption drive would continue.

She asked them to hold councils for AL affiliated bodies, the committees of which had exceeded their tenure, before the upcoming AL national council.