Gazipur mayor expelled from AL

Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mayor and Awami League Gazipur Metropolitan Unit General Secretary Jahangir Alam has been expelled from the party for life. His primary membership of the party has also been cancelled for insulting Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyrs of the liberation war.

The decisions came at a meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee on Friday.  Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. 

The party has been also directed to take legal actions against the GCC Mayor. 

A video of Jahangir Alam criticising Bangabandhu and the number of martyrs in the liberation war went viral on social media recently.

Party leaders and activists staged protests in several places in Gazipur demanding Jahangir's resignation from the post of mayor and expulsion from the party.

However, he had denied the allegations and said political opponents edited his statement and misrepresented it.

Jahangir was served with a show cause notice by the party over his controversial remarks on 3 October. 

The GCC Mayor had responded to the notice and offered apology to the party.