Central leaders of the ruling Awami League have recommended permanent expulsion of former (dismissed) mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Jahangir Alam from the party for violation of party decision yet again.
The recommendation was made at a meeting of the Awami League’s secretary level held at Awami League president's Dhanmondi office on Sunday afternoon, said several AL leaders, who were present in the meeting.
Awami league General Secretary ObaidulQuader chaired the meeting while other secretary level leaders of the party were present there.
Jahangir Alam recently defied the party directives and sought to run independently in the Gazipur City Corporation election against the party's candidate Advocate AzmatUllah Khan.
The Election Commission later nullified his candidacy due to his being a loan defaulter.
However, Jahangir also submitted another mayoral candidacy for his mother and is now campaigning for his mother in the mayoral race opposing Awami League's mayoral candidate AzmatUllah Khan.
According to the meeting sources, Awami League leaders discussed the upcoming five city corporation elections in the meeting.
In particular, they talked about Gazipur City Corporation. The issue of Gazipur's expelled mayor Jahangir Alam was discussed in the meeting. Party leaders said that once Jahangir Alam was permanently expelled from the party for insulting the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyrs of the liberation war but his expulsion order was later revoked after he apologized.
However, now he again disobeyed the party decision and became a rebel candidate.
Not only him, but also his mother participated in the polls and he is campaigning for his mother after his nomination was cancelled.
Jahangir also found to be speaking against the party there. For these reasons, Awami League leaders recommended for his expulsion from the party forever.
A recommendation with the signature of AL central leaders will be placed before the Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, to take action against Jahangir, added the source.
Party insiders said, Awami League Joint General Secretary AFM BahauddinNasim raised the issue in the meeting.
Later, the other leaders who were present in the meeting gave affirmative consent to take stern action against Jahangir.
While talking, AFM BahauddinNasim said: “Today's (Sunday) meeting has recommended to take lifetime action against Jahangir Alam because he has violated the party's discipline repeatedly. Now, Awami League's central working committee will review the recommendation.”
In September 2021, videos of Jahangir making derogatory comments on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyred freedom fighters of the Liberation War at a program went viral on social media.
In a meeting held on November 19 of that year, the ruling Awami League expelled Alam from his position in the party over the incident, which was followed by his suspension as GCC mayor by the local government ministry a few days later over various allegations.
The allegations included illegal land grabbing, not compensating people after taking over land for development and working against the public interest.