It has been five months since council of Magura district unit Awami League, but a full-fledged committee is yet to be formed much to create tension among leaders and activists over establishing supremacy in the locality.
The council was held on March 7 at Magura Nomani Moidan. Prof MS Akbar and Pankaj Kundu were elected president and general secretary respectively.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Sree Biren Shikder and Abu Nashir Bablu have been elected senior vice-president and vice-president of the committee respectively.
But the newly elected president of the committee died on March 9. Since then, Sree Biren Shikder has been working as acting president of the committee.
Dedicated leaders and workers of Magura AL are waiting for full fledged district committee for about 5 months.
In this situation, factional clash of Magura AL is rising alarmingly. Two people were killed in separate clashes in the district.
On July 24, a clash took place at Rupdah village under Magura Sadar upazila between the supporters of local AL leader Salam Hazi and Nannu Sheikh .
Supporters of Salam made an attack on Nannu with sharp weapons and Nannu died on the spot.
On the same day, a clash took place between the supporters of local Jubo League leader Kamrul Bhuiyan and local Jubo League leader Ajibar Hossen in Dohar Par area of Magura town over establishing supremacy.
Supporters of Ajibar made an attack on the house of Kamrul. During the clash, a seven-month expecting mother, Nazma Begum, 30, among three people suffered bullet injuries as she was caught in the line of fire during a clash between two groups of Jubo League activists over establishing supremacy at Doarpara in Sadar upazila in the evening of July 24.
Nazma was taken to Sadar Hospital where she gave birth to a baby through caesarean section on that night. It was found after the birth that the newborn also suffered bullet wounds while in the womb.
Later, the baby was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on July 25 while the mother was undergoing treatment at Magura Sadar Hospital. Kamrul’s uncle Abdul Momin also scummed to his bullet injuries at Magura Sadar Hospital on July 26.
When contacted, former president of Magura district unit Chhatra League Abu Reza Nantu said: “We are crying for a full-fledged committee of district unit AL for about five months. In want of a full fledged committee factional clash of AL is rising day by day.”
There is no alternative to form a full fledged committee of Magura district unit AL to bring back peace and discipline among leaders and workers, he said.
On contact Magura district unit AL general secretary Pankaj Kundu said they had faced two bi-elections recently. One is parliamentary election on May 30 while another upazila election on July 21.
“We were busy with elections. For this, we could not form full fledged committee. The full fledged committee of the district unit AL will be formed within very short time,” he also said.
