Jamshedul Islam Tutul, former Secretary of the Awami Swechasebak League in Hatiya’s Horoni Union, has now been appointed President of the local Zia Mancha. Tutul claims he was appointed to the Awami League role without consent and had formally rejected it. “I was the founding president of Horoni Union Chhatra Dal and was forced to work for the MP,” he stated. However, local BNP members allege that he had previously oppressed them using political influence.