Prime minister’s adviser Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu has been made the secretary general of main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party.
Bablu replaces ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader, who has served as the secretary general of the party for 12 years.
JaPa Chairman HM Ershad had made the new appointment as per the party charter, said party chief’s Press and Political Secretary Sunil Shuvo Roy.
Ruhul however told the Dhaka Tribune that he did not know anything about the replacement.
“The party chief issues the order considering Ziauddin’s contribution to the party,” Sunil said.
“It is a great responsibility for me,” the new secretary general told the
Dhaka Tribune as immediate reaction.
Party sources said there had been conflicts between Rawshan Ershad, leader of the opposition in parliament and senior presidium member of
JaPa, and ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader centring the January 5 parliamentary election.
The conflicts centred issues such as whether to participate in the election, forming committees, under-probe corruption allegation against party leaders, and so on.
Ruhul, who is known for being close to HM Ershad, belonged to a faction of JaPa that did not want to take part in the national poll. Ershad’s wife Rawshan, on the hand, eventually contested the poll as part of the ruling Awami League-led alliance.
Sources said the matter of bringing a change to the top post had been discussed within the party for months. Eventually, following special recommendation from Rawshan Ershad, Bablu is being made the new secretary general.
Rawshan however refused to make any comment on the issue.
Ruhul told the Dhaka Tribune that he had met Ershad yesterday afternoon and had very little idea about the development then. “I learnt about the change through media,” he said.