BNP eyes its ‘7th council’
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday hinted that their party has resumed organisational activities to get ready for holding its seventh national council.
"The resumption of our party’s organisational activities is portion of the council. We need to complete the councils of all units of each district, upazila and thana in the united states before the national council. We’ve already started that work,” he said.
The BNP leader, however, said their party must wait until the corona situation gets normal in the country to carry the council.
Gayeshwar, a BNP standing committee member, made the remarks while speaking with reporters after inserting wreaths at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave combined with the leaders of Jatiyatabadi Tarun Dal, marking its 25th founding anniversary.
On Saturday, BNP standing committee members made a decision to resume the organisational activities of the party activities after a suspension for five months because of coronavirus.
Amid the spread of coronavirus, the party suspended its organisational activities on March 25 for per month, and it had been later extended to September 15 in various phases.
Mentioning that BNP is among the major parties in Bangladesh, Gayeshwar said the national council of the party cannot be held virtually.
“We’ve around 4,000 councillors alongside huge delegates. Lakhs of folks gather during our council. So, we should take steps for holding such a major event taking every matter under consideration,” he observed.
On March 19, 2016, the sixth national council of BNP happened on the premises of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital.
According to the constitution of the party, there is an obligation to hold its national council every three years.
