Eighteen leaders of Jubo Dal’s Kushakhali union unit in Lakshmipur resigned on Saturday, shortly after a new 31-member committee was announced on Facebook on Friday. The resignations were submitted to senior leaders of Chandraganj police station Jubo Dal. Resigning leaders alleged that positions in the new committee were sold for money and that controversial people, including Awami League activists, had been included.

The new committee named Rafiq Ullah as convener and Masudur Rahman Masud as member secretary, with 12 joint conveners including Abdur Rashid. Chandraganj Jubo Dal convener Enayet Ullah, joint convener M Abdul Khaleq and member secretary Abdul Mukit Sohel approved it. Local activists said the repeated announcements, resignations and dissolution had created confusion among workers and supporters.

An earlier 31-member committee announced on July 26 was dissolved by the centre on July 28 after 16 leaders resigned over similar allegations. Enayet Ullah denied that posts were exchanged for money and attributed the dispute to conflict among BNP leaders ahead of union parishad elections. District Jubo Dal general secretary Syed Rashidul Hasan Lincoln said the claim that 18 people resigned was not true and described committee members as tested party workers.