Fazlul Karim quits NCP, calls Sarjis Alam a 'hypocrite'

Fazlul Karim, sports secretary of the Habiganj district committee of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has left the party, expressing dissatisfaction with the party's overall activities.

He announced his decision in a Facebook Live session at around 10pm on Monday (9 November).

Strongly criticising the central leadership, he alleged that the leaders' words do not match their actions and that they are playing with the feelings of workers.

In the video message, Fazlul Karim called central NCP leader Sarjis Alam a "hypocrite".

Speaking about the party drifting from its ideals, Fazlul Karim said, "We came with a purpose, dreaming of building a beautiful Bangladesh of the future. It now seems to me that the NCP has gone off track."

He mentioned that besides his exchange of messages with Sarjis Alam about his voluntary resignation, there is evidence of the conversation with Mahi, secretary to Sylhet divisional organising secretary Kamrul Arif.

He described the party's move to show him as expelled even after his resignation as mere "hypocrisy".

On this, he said, "Even after resigning, by showing an expulsion they want to make the country and the nation understand that we expelled them. But the whole world already knows that the NCP has moved away from its core ideals and principles. The dream of building a beautiful Bangladesh of the future that I had — it now seems that was my mistake."

Expressing strong dissatisfaction with the organisational structure of the Habiganj district committee, he further alleged that drug dealers and extortionists have been given places in the district committee, while deserving people have been undervalued and undeserving people given opportunities.

Expressing extreme anger over the party's policies, he said, "We thought the party's purpose was to build a beautiful Bangladesh of the future. But their purpose is dishonest. They are truly hypocrites. Starting with Sarjis Alam, everyone at the centre is full of hypocrisy."

Through such allegations, he strongly criticised the party's current activities.