Obaidul Quader, a poll-time consultant
Obaidul Kader, who has been the party’s number two position since 2016, retained his role as general secretary for the third time. Barring a few promotions and reshuffles, most of the joint general secretaries and secretaries also remained in office.
After Hasina praised Kader highly at a recent event, he seemed certain to be re-elected, but the general public, along with Awami League activists, were watching the council anxiously to see if Kader would be elected as general secretary. remain in office or someone is taken in their place. Anything else.
Although Quader had already indicated that the chances of a major change in the composition of the committee were slim, some grassroots members in the council interviewed by bdnews24.com had expected some changes.
Sahfikul Alam Babul Khan said, “I was hoping that the Awami League would promote some of the party leaders involved in student and youth politics in the 80s and 90s to the national level so that the new committee would be a mix of elders and new faces. ” , himself a new party member.
Azizul Haque, a 72-year-old freedom fighter from Kishoreganj, agreed with his junior colleague.
“The beauty of politics lies in involving veterans and newcomers on the same platform. Bangabandhu was a disciple of Sher-e-Bangla aka Fazlul Haq and [Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]But he did the politics of coordination for national interest.
Bangabandhu and Zillur Rahman held the post of general secretary for the highest four terms. Tajuddin Ahmed was elected general secretary thrice. Now Kadar has taken the hat-trick of becoming the General Secretary.
Active in Awami League politics since the 1960s, when he was a student, Quaker joined the Central Committee in 2000 as Secretary for Culture and Education while serving as Minister of State for Youth, Sports and Culture. Before becoming a Presidium member in 2009, he served as Joint General Secretary.
Some senior leaders said the party’s top brass wanted to circle the wagons and keep strong leaders in key positions to counter the challenges posed by opposition parties keeping in mind the general elections in about a year’s time.
Jehangir Kabir Nanak, a member of the party’s top policy-making body, is one of the leaders holding such views.
“Whenever elections come, local and international conspiracies are hatched. BNP will also try to heat up the political field. if the party [Awami League] If strong, then it will be easy to deal with any conspiracy or antics.