The National Citizen Party on Wednesday served show-cause notices to its five central leaders for staying in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on the first anniversary of the July Mass Uprising Day on August 5 without informing the party.
All of them, including the party鈥檚 chief coordinator, Nasiruddin Patwary; chief organiser for the north, Sarjis Alam; chief organiser for the south, Hasnat Abdullah; joint convenor, Khalid Saifullah; and senior joint member secretary, Tasnim Jara; who were staying in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday, were asked to explain in writing to the party convener Nahid Islam and member secretary Akhter Hossain by appearing before them in person in 24 hours.
Joint member-secretary Saleh Uddin Sifat issued the notices to the five leaders over their stay in Cox鈥檚 Bazar that created controversies over whether they avoided joining the July Declaration ceremony in Dhaka, marking the first anniversary of the July uprising.
As the senior NCP leaders were staying at a Cox鈥檚 Bazar hotel, a rumour spread fast that they were holding a meeting with former United States ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter D Haas, although the former diplomat was not staying in Bangladesh.
A group of leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party also staged a demonstration outside the Sea Pearl Beach Resort and Spa in the afternoon as the rumour spread on social media platforms as well.
The leaders of the NCP, which was formed by a group of student and youth leaders who led the July uprising to oust the Awami League regime on August 5, made the visit when the nation was observing the first anniversary of the July uprising.