The controversy surrounding the Jatiya Party (JaPa) leadership deepening as a press release was issued on Tuesday claiming that Raushan Ershad declared herself as the chairperson of the party while the current chief GM Quader is on a visit to India.
However, other party leaders of the party claimed they did not know about this.
Jatiya Party Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu said the change in leadership is fake news.
“I have spoken to all the co-chairmen of the Jatiya Party who have been named in the fake statement. The co-chairs said they did not assist in or sign any such notification,” he said.
He claimed some ousted leaders of the Jatiya Party used Raushan Ershad’s name to tarnish her image.
In the statement, Begum Raushan Ershad, the chief patron of the Jatiya Party, and the leader of the opposition in the parliament, has taken over as the party's chairman as per the advice and decision of the party's senior leaders and to bring pace in the party's activities.
The dispute between these two top leaders over the control of the party has been going on for a long time.
HM Ershad named his brother GM Quader acting chairman of the Jatiya Party on May 4, 2019.
Earlier, on March 23, 2019, he picked Rowshan Ershad, senior co-chairman of the party, as the deputy leader of the opposition in parliament, relieving GM Quader of the post.
Four days after the death of HM Ershad, Quader was declared party chairman. On July 23 that year, Raushan along with seven MPs and two presidium members gave a statement refusing to accept GM Quader as party chairman.
While Ershad was alive, the party was divided into two: one was pro-Ershad and the other pro-Raushan. After Ershad’s death, his followers became known as pro-GM Quader.
