Barrister Nazmul Huda yesterday appealed to the Election Commission (EC), saying the Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) should not be registered as a political party.
Huda, who says he is member of BNP, submitted an application addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, received by a secretary in the CEC’s absence.
Speaking with reporters at the EC secretariat afterwards, he said: “I currently have no connection with BNF as I am in BNP. As BNF’s convener, I have dissolved the platform to remove confusion among leaders and activists of BNP,” and added: “Therefore I have requested the EC not to register BNF as a political party.”
When asked why his request should be taken into consideration as he was no longer part of the organisation, Huda, the former convener of BNF, said that it would depend on what the EC decides to do about his application.
He added: “As the convener of BNF, I have a right to dissolve the party. If I am the convener of BNP, I could dissolve the party.”
Huda dissolved the BNF on Monday, which he founded after he left the BNP. Huda was one of the founding members of the BNP but in November 2010 he was expelled after he criticised Khaldea Zia for failing to engage in dialogue with Sheikh Hasina and subsequently was accused of “anti-organisational activities.”
The following March the expulsion order was withdrawn, but in June 2012, he resigned from the BNP. In May this year, Nazmul Huda announced his decision to return to the party.
