Seven leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila have been expelled for supporting independent candidate Barrister Rumin Farhana, who is contesting with the duck symbol, instead of the BNP alliance-backed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam candidate Maulana Junaid Al Habib, represented by the date tree symbol. The expulsion was confirmed in a notice signed by JCD central office secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Friday night.

According to the notice, the expelled leaders violated party discipline by engaging in open campaign activities for a candidate expelled from the BNP, disregarding the alliance’s official nominee. Their primary memberships and all organizational positions were revoked. Earlier, more than fifty BNP and affiliate leaders in the same constituency had been expelled on similar grounds, and the Shahjadapur Union BNP committee was suspended.

Former upazila JCD convener Jamal Hossain Laskar stated that supporting the alliance’s nominated candidate is mandatory under party rules, and action was taken based on verified information about the expelled members’ involvement with the independent campaign.