Kazi Zafar Ahmed, the recently expelled Jatiya Party leader, has claimed that the party Presidium declared him the president and Golam Mosih the secretary general of the party.
A press release issued by Zafar’s Press Secretary Golam Mostafa claimed on Friday that a meeting of the party’s Presidium members, vice-chairman, lawmakers and executive committee members made the decision in the afternoon.
The meeting was held at Golam Mosih’s Gulshan residence around 4pm.
According to the press release, JP Presidium members Kazi Zafar Ahmed and Golam Mosih were made the party chairman and secretary general until the next party council.
The press note also stated that the party dismissed its present chairman HM Ershad for “being inconsistent in his positions.” The meeting fixed December 18 for holding the next council of the Jatiya Party as per section 37 of the party’s charter.
Party insiders told the Dhaka Tribune that earlier in the day, Kazi Zafar had made a sudden visit to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence.
Details of the sudden meeting could not be known immediately, but sources close to Kazi Zafar said the meeting was to discuss the current political situation of the country.
On Thursday, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and Kazi Zafar expelled each other from the party. Ershad expelled Kazi Zafar for making frequent statements against him “violating the party charter.”
An hour later, Kazi Zafar sent Ershad a suspension letter, claiming that he was the “all-in-all” in the Jatiya Party, not Ershad. He also claimed that majority of the Presidium members were with him and they would expel Ershad through a special council within a day or two.
On Saturday, Zafar stated that Ershad had betrayed the nation by joining the polls-time government.
Recently, Golam Mosih also resigned from the party.