1/11, an occurrence happened in 2007 jerking the whole political system of Bangladesh. Most of the political party specially Awami League and BNP had experienced an immense setback in that time. Awami League, the main rival of BNP revives from that impede but BNP is still languishing after the 9 years of that episode. In fact, doubt and disbelieve of 1/11 are the main cause which pulling back BNP. Chairperson of BNP believes that court may hand her down sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. In addition, Tarique Rahman may also get sentence in several other cases. In this circumstance, Khaleda Zia is in doubt about what would be the future and who would lead the party in her nonattendance. And for the reason, even after the three months of her party council she did not announce the name of party standing committee.

According to the source, for the same distrust and suspect, she did not bring back former president and Chairman of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Professor Dr. AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and LDP president Col (retd) Oli Ahmed. In fact, initiative and discussion was leaded long in this regard. But a part of the party dissuades Khaleda Zia by saying that in the absence of chairperson they may move for unsolicited scheme. They may also lead to split the party anyhow. So the initiative stopped in the halfway.

 In January 11 of 2007, army supported government imposed emergency in the country. In that time, the then secretary general of BNP Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan proposed reform proposal in September taking stance against party chairperson Khaleda Zia which baffled BNP. Mannan Bhuiyan and party senior leader M Saifur Rahman along with more than hundred MPs joined reformist camp which debilitates BNP as political party. Furthermore, the elder son of Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman had the leave country forcefully in that time. With all that events, BNP fall into inversion and still it could not regain from that ruin.

 According to many people, Khaleda Zia still in doubt that’s why she is procrastination instead of doing proactive politics.  She do not announcing the name of standing committee and other important committee which lead to creating distance with senior leaders. And the impact is dispersing throughout the party. Almost all of the activity has come to a standstill. It has said, Khaleda Zia is now somewhat alone and helpless. She could not fix strategy about what should do in this critical time.

In the other hand, along with other senior leader, secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s role become ineffective in the party as he could not perform his duties with confidence.

According to several reliable sources, the doubt which augmented in Khaleda Zia’s mind did not come from his ideas rather that form the flatterer allegation. Specially, a leader who gained promotion in recent committee, several members of standing committee, official of Gulshan office Shimul Biswas are the main perpetrator who mainly doing evil job keeping them behind the scene.

According to source, fraud people are creating distance between Khaleda and other senior leaders to gain personal benefit. They are slandering regularly against some leader specially standing committee member Dr. Knondoker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Mowdud Ahmed, and Mahbubur Rahman along with some other senior leaders. Furthermore, anti-India and pro India lobby are also vigorous in the party. As a result, it becomes easy to confuse Khaleda Zia in any decision making process.

For those reasons, Khaleda Zia is not incorporating Fakhrul and other senor leaders in committee forming process but she pampering senior joint secretary Rizvi Ahmed nd Shimul Biswas.

But recently senior leaders of the party meet up with Khalda Zia and disclose their position and request her to believe them as they have no intention to break the party.

Before the 19 March council, couples of people were interested to get the secretary general post. But Fakhrul gain the post because of his transparent image in the inside and outside of the party. For that reason, Fakhrul opponents are not active in party programme and he could not perform due role so far. 

 Whenever asked, Mirza Fakhrul was reluctant to make any comments in this regard. But he said, in a big party like BNP there may have grouping and lobbing. But it is true, taking the opportunity of delaying in standing committee name announcement; vested quarters are opting to disperse confusion. He opined that everything will be all right after announcement of committee.

Former Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed said, the delay in announcing standing and other committee bring some losses for BNP. Moreover, 1/11 which occurred once that does not means that it will happen again and again. In addition, the situation which persists now in this country is completely different from 2007. But it is usual the Khaleda Zia would have to announce her party committee after taking cognizance of all elements. So it may take time.

Source: Kaler Kantho