Hasnat, Sarjis, Jara among five NCP leaders served with show-cause notices

National Citizens Party (NCP) has served show-cause notices to five of its top leaders, including Hasnat Abdullah, Sarjis Alam and Tasnim Jara.

The notices were issued on Wednesday in five separate statements signed by Saleh Uddin Sifat, Joint Member Secretary (Office) of the party.

According to the notices, the five senior leaders went on a personal trip to Cox’s Bazar on August 5, the first anniversary of the July Uprising, which the party observed as a nationally significant day, without informing or seeking approval from the party’s ‘Political Council’.

The five leaders who have been served the notices are Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari, Chief Organiser (North) Sarjis Alam, Chief Organiser (South) Hasnat Abdullah, Senior Joint Member Secretary Tasnim Jara, and Joint Convener Khaled Saifullah.

They have been asked to appear in person before the party’s Convener Nahid Islam and Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain within the next 24 hours and submit written explanations justifying their absence on the important national day and the reasons behind their Cox’s Bazar trip.