Ulama League conference today, the controversial race to get the position

The ruling party Awami League is reorganizing all small and big organizations to keep the leaders and activists united in the upcoming 12th national elections. The first conference of Awami Ulama League is going to be held today on Saturday.

The conference of this organization is going to be held after almost three decades. The activities of this organization started during the reign of Bangabandhu but stopped after the assassination of Bangabandhu. After that, with the encouragement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Ulama League became active again. But the conference was not held in three long decades. This time, a group of Ulama League leaders want to move forward with a new leadership through the conference.

However, Jamaat supporters and controversial people have become active around the conference of Ulama League. Meanwhile, he started running to get the top leadership. The controversies have become desperate to get into office by displacing those who have been associated with the Ulama League for a long time. Around the conference of Ulama League, many people are going door to door of the leaders of Awami League to divide the party positions in multiple groups.

There are also allegations that Ulama League is not made and some of the famous Maulana, the wealthy, are trying to keep the defectors away from the organization to get positions in exchange for money.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader will be present as the chief guest at the first conference of the organization at Engineers Institution in the capital on Saturday. In addition, Awami League’s publicity and publication secretary will be a special guest. Central leaders including Abdus Sobhan Golap.

Talking to Olami League leaders and activists, it is said that since the date of Ulama League’s national conference was announced, a Hefazat-Jamaat party shifter has been active. Awami League decided to cancel the conference even after announcing the date of the April conference due to various complaints and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina being out of the country. The leader of the Muslim Nikah Registrars Association, Casino Chips Salpayer, named Maulana, accused in the case, involved in the controversial ritual, has started lobbying to become the President-General Secretary of the Ulama League.

Meanwhile, the candidate’s resume has been submitted by the convener of the conference preparation committee. KM Abdul Momin Sirazi. He told Dhaka Times, Awami League’s publicity secretary. Abdus Sobhan has submitted his resume on Golap’s instructions. About 40 candidates have submitted their resumes for the post of President and General Secretary of Ulama League.

It has been found out about them that many of the candidates for president and general secretary have come to Dhaka from the district and have become leaders of the central Ulama League by themselves. Again, many of the top candidates of the Ulama League also joined the Jatiya Islami Mahajota under the leadership of Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Mohammad Ershad before the 11th National Assembly elections. Someone has written a new name in the Olami League.

The presidential candidate Maulana Asaduzzaman was the general secretary of the Ulama League during the difficult times of the Asad party. He served with the late Ilyas bin Helali. After the Awami League came to power, Maulana Asad joined the Islamic Grand Alliance led by Ershad before the 11th National Assembly elections. Unable to benefit there, he returned to the Ulama League. Now the presidential candidate.

Hafez Maulana Altaf Hossain Molla, who was a politician of Ulama League in Chittagong, himself opened a party and joined the Islamic Grand Alliance. He was with Vidisha Ershad of Jatiya Party until the conference of Ulama League. Now he is the general secretary candidate of Ulama League. He could not be reached even after calling several times to discuss the matter.

Secretary General of Muslim Nikah Registrars Association Hafez Sagar Ahmed Shaheen. He has also started lobbying to get the top post of Olami League. Olama League president candidate Mufti Masum Billah told Dhaka Times that he has been associated with Awami League for a long time. I have been a member of the Ulama League since 1994 when Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took charge of the reorganization of the Ulama League. Never separated from Ulama League. If the team gives me responsibility then I will fulfill the responsibility.

Another presidential candidate of Ulama League. Sulaiman. As Kishoreganj is his home, he is known everywhere as a close friend of former President Abdul Hamid. Md. Sulaiman is very active around the upcoming Awami Ulama League conference. Want to be president. He is showing his activism by asserting himself as a candidate for the post of president of this organization.

According to information, Md. Sulaiman claims to be Hafez Maulana but is involved in various controversial activities. Although he is not well associated with the party, he has done various things by using the name of the party. In addition to consuming drugs at various times, foreigners enjoy the colorful life of different hotels in the country. Also known as ‘Casino Chips Saltwater’. Illegally acquired large sums of money by supplying casino chips (casino game chips). Wants to be president of Awami Ulama League at any cost. For this reason, news has spread among the activists that they have offered Tk 20 lakh to a responsible leader of Ulama League.

When asked about the allegation that Maulana had intimate relations with women at home and abroad and offered 20 lakh taka from the president of Ulama League. Sulaiman told Dhaka Times that everything you have heard is true. you write I have business abroad, I go abroad for business.

Abdul Momen Sirazi, convener of the conference preparation committee, told Dhaka Times that the Ulama League leaders have already completed all the preparations for the conference. A conference of Ulama League is held in each division before the national conference. To protect the dignity of the organization, all of the Ulama League will be united and attend the conference.

Leaders and activists of Ulama League demand that the committee should be made up of those who have left the organization and those who joined the Ulama League. I will be happy if an outsider is not made the leader of Ulama League. Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and General Secretary Obaidul Quader will accept whoever will be given responsibility from within the Ulama League for the sake of the organization. However, Jamaat and Hefazat Panthi should not be given a place in Ulama League.

(Dhaka Times/20 May/JA/RR/KM)