The ruling Awami League has expelled two local leaders from Narail’s Kalia Upazila for joining rival political parties. Mallick Monirul Islam, Organizing Secretary of the Kalia Upazila Awami League and Chairman of Iliyasabad Union Parishad, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Additionally, SM Saifuzzaman, a member of the Upazila Awami League and Chairman of Panchgram Union Parishad, has joined the Nationalist Citizen Party (NCP).

According to the official expulsion letter, both leaders were ousted for violating party discipline, betraying party loyalty, and acting out of personal greed despite having benefited from the Awami League government. The party described their defection as "opportunistic and treacherous."