The notices were served on them on Monday, said BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He is also accused of being disrespectful towards senior party leaders in his speeches at different times. Hafiz Uddin was the secretary general of the 'reformist' section of the BNP during the 2007-8 army-controlled caretaker government. Shawkat Mahmud, former president of a faction of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (pro-BNP), was made the party's vice chairman at the party's sixth national council in 2016. Shawkat, a former president and general secretary of the National Press Club, is also the acting convener of the BNP-backed Sammilita Peshajibi Parishad or Joint Professional Council.

Source: bd News24 December 14, 2020 17:37 UTC