A “special” council yesterday made Kazi Zafar Ahmed chairman and Golam Mosih secretary general of the newest faction of the Jatiya Party.
The special council of the party, which Kazi Zafar claims to be the main Jatiya Party, was held at the National Press Club in the city around 5pm.
Zafar was previously a presidium member of the HM Ersad-led Jatiya Party.
Earlier, miscreants exploded several crude bombs during a council of Kazi Zafar Ahmed-led Jatiya Party at the National Press Club in the city yesterday, leaving one person injured.
Identity of the injured could not be known immediately.
Witnesses said immediately after Zafar arrived at the venue around 2 pm, three bombs exploded near the dais that left one party activist injured
The victim was admitted to a nearby hospital. Sub-inspector Sohel Rana of Shahbagh Police Station confirmed the incident.
Ershad expelled Kazi Zafar from the party over differing opinions on JP’s involvement with the national polls scheduled for January 5.
However Zafar, later in a statement, expelled Ershad from the party and announced the special council.
In the council, among others, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh chief AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, BNP leader Lt Gen Mahbubuddin Ahmed, JSD chief ASM Abdur Rob, Krishak Sramik Janata League chief Abdul Quader Siddique were present.