The BNP has decided to hold its long overdue national council by March to revamp its rank and file.
Standing committee – the higest policymaking forum of the party – made the decision in a meeting at Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office last night.
Party charter stipulates BNP to hold national councils every three years, but the last time the party held a council was in December 2009.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the BNP, briefed reporters after the meeting on its outcomes.
During the meeting, the policymakers of the party critised the government for not reducing the price of oil which has sharply declined in the international market recently.
The BNP also adopted a condolence resolution at the death of senior leader RA Gani, who was also a member of the standing committee.
According to meeting sources, the party’s top leadership has decided that incumbent parliament members will not be allowed to hold important posts at the district and upazila level committees.
Moreover, no leaders, no matter how influential they are, will not be allowed to hold more than one post across all of the party central and local-level committees during this year’s national counil.
However, the source could not give an exact date for holding the council but said it could be any time after March 15.