The present committee of Chhatra League, student wing of Awami League, has completed three years yesterday but its validity expired a year ago. Despite the expiry, a fresh council is to hand over the leadership to the next committee.
Chhatra League General Secretary Siddique Nazmul Alam, who was elected on July 11, 2011, said no certain date for holding the council had been fixed.
“The council will be held when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will want to,” he said.
Hasina, once the Organising President of Chhatra League, resigned from the post on April 4, 2009, in the wake of controversial acts of the organisation’s previous committee led by Mahmud Hassan Ripon and Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Ratan.
There is also disputes over the number of posts in the central committee. According to its charter, the number is 201 but around 500 people have already been appointed.
Awami League presidium member and Communication Minister Obaidul Quader, who was assigned to supervise Chhatra League in Awami League’s previous term, refused to make any comment in this regard.
“I do not supervise Chhatra League anymore,” Quader told the Dhaka Tribune.
“I stopped administering the organisation nearly 15 years ago. Better you ask its leaders who are now dealing with its activities,” he added.
A central Chhatra League leader said no Awami League leader was assigned specifically to oversee them.
“For any purpose, we contact the premier,” he said, requesting anonymity.
Nazmul Alam said councils of district committees were being held and that of the central unit would be held once the local ones ended.
“We cannot, however, set any specific date. It depends on the prime minister. If she wants that the council to be held today, we will arrange it,” he said.
Chhatra League President HM Bodiuzzaman Shohag told the Dhaka Tribune almost all previous councils were held following the expiry of the committees.
“It is not very important to hold the central council now. Our objective is to hold local councils before the central one and we are advancing accordingly,” he added.
