One district, two AL headquarters
Despite owning land on which an office is being built, a faction of the Rajshahi Awami League inaugurated an alternative headquarters on a 14-decimal land leased from the district administration yesterday.
The incident caused a stir in local political circles, with many saying the incident has exposed infighting among the ruling party.
"Opening a separate office exposed nothing but the division among leaders," Asaduzzaman Asad, a member of the district AL, told The Daily Star.
Led by the district AL secretary Abdul Wadud Dara, the office was opened yesterday afternoon at the city's Ranibazar area, through a milad mahfil.
Meanwhile, the AL owns a 10-katha land in City Hat area for its office, where the construction of an office building on a 4,500 square-feet area is currently underway.
Both the sites have banners claiming the lands to be the office of the district AL.
AL lawmaker Enamul Haque said he donated the City Hat land to the district AL in 2017 and currently, he is also constructing the office building spending Tk 2.5 crore.
The current market value of the land is around Tk 5 crore, he added.
He said AL presidium member and Rajshahi city mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton visited the progress of the under-construction office recently.
"The construction of the office building is expected to be completed within a month. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has agreed to inaugurate the office. Under these circumstances, opening a new office is the expression of political jealousy," said Enamul.
This correspondent could not reach district AL secretary Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara over the phone despite repeated attempts.
The unit's office secretary Prodyut Kumar said it is not a negative thing to have different offices for a big party like AL.
"We heard about our land but no land documents were made available to us. Having offices at different locations is not a bad thing. A big party like AL should have offices at different locations," he said.
Contacted, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Shariful Haque said the district administration leased the vested property for one year following an application of the district Awami League secretary.
"They (AL) have to renew the lease every year in the following years," he added.
The incident caused a stir in local political circles, with many saying the incident has exposed infighting among the ruling party.
"Opening a separate office exposed nothing but the division among leaders," Asaduzzaman Asad, a member of the district AL, told The Daily Star.
Led by the district AL secretary Abdul Wadud Dara, the office was opened yesterday afternoon at the city's Ranibazar area, through a milad mahfil.
Meanwhile, the AL owns a 10-katha land in City Hat area for its office, where the construction of an office building on a 4,500 square-feet area is currently underway.
Both the sites have banners claiming the lands to be the office of the district AL.
AL lawmaker Enamul Haque said he donated the City Hat land to the district AL in 2017 and currently, he is also constructing the office building spending Tk 2.5 crore.
The current market value of the land is around Tk 5 crore, he added.
He said AL presidium member and Rajshahi city mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton visited the progress of the under-construction office recently.
"The construction of the office building is expected to be completed within a month. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has agreed to inaugurate the office. Under these circumstances, opening a new office is the expression of political jealousy," said Enamul.
This correspondent could not reach district AL secretary Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara over the phone despite repeated attempts.
The unit's office secretary Prodyut Kumar said it is not a negative thing to have different offices for a big party like AL.
"We heard about our land but no land documents were made available to us. Having offices at different locations is not a bad thing. A big party like AL should have offices at different locations," he said.
Contacted, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Shariful Haque said the district administration leased the vested property for one year following an application of the district Awami League secretary.
"They (AL) have to renew the lease every year in the following years," he added.
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