The councils of the Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo Mohila League will be rescheduled on the instructions of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina issued the directive after a meeting with party leaders at Ganabhaban on Tuesday, as she will be busy with some government programs on December 3 and 9 – the dates on which the councils of the two wings of the ruling party were supposed to be held.
Seeking anonymity, Awami League leaders present at the meeting told Dhaka Tribune Sheikh Hasina had asked General Secretary Obaidul Quader to reschedule the two councils.
The ruling party will hold its central council on December 24, and its leaders want its associate bodies to hold their councils before that.
The Chhatra League held its last council, its 29th one, in May 2018.
In July of that year, Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon and Golam Rabbani became president and general secretary of the organization. They lost their positions in September 2019 over various allegations, including extortion in development projects.
Later, Al-Nahean Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharya became acting president and acting general secretary of the Chhatra League.
On January 4, 2020, on the founding anniversary of the Chhatra League, Joy and Lekhak became president and general secretary. Since then they have been serving as the two top leaders of the organization.
But their record has not been spotless. Several leaders and activists of the Chhatra League have demanded a new council several times.
The Jubo Mohila League was founded in 2002, with a convening committee headed by Nazma Akhter and Apu Ukil.
It held its first council on March 5, 2014, electing the two as president and general secretary, respectively.
Nazma and Apu were reelected as president and general secretary at the organization's second national triennial council on March 11, 2017.
