United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled its Sherpur district joint convener Md Shafikul Islam Masud for ignoring party directives and running organisational activities on his own. The decision was confirmed in a press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday. The statement said Masud was expelled from primary membership and all party posts for violating party discipline and carrying out organisational activities against party instructions. Sherpur district BNP Member Secretary ABM Mamunur Rashid Palash also confirmed the matter. Masud could not be reached for comment. His mobile phone was switched off. Over 300 SAD leaders join BNP in Sherpur Masud is a former president of district Chhatra Dal and Jubo Dal and was serving as joint convener of district BNP. He submitted his nomination as an independent candidate for Sherpur-1 seat defying party decision. BNP has nominated another district joint convener, Dr Sunsila Jabrin Priyanka, as its candidate for the seat.