Kazi Zafar asks all to unite

Chairman of Jatiya Party's latest faction Kazi Zafar Ahmed has urged all to be united in the time of nation's crisis moment.

He made the statement after joining the 18-party alliance through giving flowers to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Saturday evening.

He said: “We had to keep out lives at stake to save Jatiya Party from Ershad’s oscillation and bluff.

We [Zafar’s Jatiya Party] will remain beside BNP chief Khaleda Zia.”

Ershad expelled had Kazi Zafar from the party over differing opinions on the JP’s involvement with the January 5 polls.

However Zafar, later in a statement, expelled Ershad from the party and announced a special council that made him chairman and Golam Mosih secretary general.