Former MP and businessman Kazi Shamsul Haque Kamal has returned to Bangladesh after six years abroad.
His arrival has deepened the internal feud in the Magura district unit of BNP.
Magura BNP is divided into two groups. One group is led by former minister and BNP central leader Nitai Roy Chowdhury, and President of the BNP District Unit Kabir Murad. The other is helmed by the current Magura mayor, Iqbal Akhter Khan Kafur, and advocate Mokaddesh Hossen.
The group led by Iqbal and Mokaddesh is known as the “rebel” group. They are sidelined and not appointed to any posts in the existing committee of the district unit. Allegedly, the former MP Kazi Kamal has been supporting the “rebel” faction clandestinely. Due to Kamal’s recent visit to Magura, the once weakened “rebel” group has gained influence.
Kamal addressed two meetings in the district; one in Arpara on Sunday and another in Mohammadpur on Monday. His visit has rejuvenated the “rebel” faction of the Magura BNP.
The group led by Nitai and Kabir, which forms the committee of the BNP in the district, has vowed to not allow Kamal within the folds of the party in Magura.
When contacted, Murad said Kamal had not provided any support to the BNP workers for a single moment during the last six years. The fact that BNP is now on the threshold of success has prompted Kamal’s arrival in Magura.
Nitai said Kamal was a ‘”political miscreant” and the BNP workers will resist his participation in the party's affairs in the district.
In 2008, former minister Nitai campaigned in the national elections from the Magura-2 constituency as the BNP candidate. He is aspiring for a similar nomination in the upcoming elections.
Kamal, who has been elected as the BNP MP on two prior occasions from Magura-2 is also hopeful that he will be the BNP’s candidate in the district.
When contacted, Kamal said: “I was outside of the country for a long time as I was sick and went for surgery several times. My physical condition is the only reason for my absence in Magura.”
