Shohag, Jakir committee finalized !

Staff Correspondent: Saifur Rahman Shohag and Jakir Hossain are likely to become the president and secretary respectively of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) when the ruling party’s student front sits for a long overdue council.

 

The Shohag, Jakir panel was determined yesterday and no new panel is formed till now. So, the central committee has finalized the Shohag, Jakir panel for long cherished new BCL committee.

While addressing the inaugural session of two-day 28th conference of National Central Committee of BCL at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Saturday, Prime Minister and Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina said that leadership of BCL would come through election.

However, sources said that the next BCL president and secretary are likely to be Md Saifur Rahman Sohag, current environment secretary of BCL, and central BCL assistant secretary Zakir Hossain, respectively.  

Sohag completed his Honors and Masters degree from the Department of Linguistic at the University of Dhaka while Zakir Hossain completed his studies from the department of Political Science at the same university.

Voting for electing the new council was scheduled to begin at 10:00am at the Institution of Engineers on Sunday but it is not started yet. A total of 80 forms have been sold for the president post while the number is 162 for the general secretary post.

Meanwhile, some heavyweight candidates have already lost their hope to be the central BCL president or general secretary due to age limitations. But they are also in the race.

BCL sources said several names had come up as strong contenders for the posts of president and general secretary.

They include BCL Joint General Secretary Shamsul Kabir Rahat, Deputy Law Secretary Biplob Hossain Polash, central committee member Enamul Haque Prince, and BCL leaders Shahidul Islam Shahed, Anwar Hossain Anu and Azizul Haque Rana.

risingbd/July 26, 2015/Nasir/Aminul