Ershad made the announcement two days after his 89th birthday celebration where his wife and party’s Senior Co-Chairman Raushon Ershad sang a song for him on Friday night. Raushon and her followers had earlier foiled Ershad’s bids to make Quader his successor. File Photo: Jatiya Party Senior Co-chairman Raushon Ershad smiles as her husband Chairman HM Ershad tells her something at the party’s May Day programme at its office in Kakrail on May 1, 2016. Ershad removed Raushon as the leader of the official opposition in parliament after her five years in the office following the last general election. He himself holds the post now while Quader is the deputy leader of the official opposition in parliament.

Source: bd News24 March 22, 2019 18:00 UTC