Samir Chanda Chandra and Umme Kulsum Smrity have been elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Krishak League, an associate body of Awami League (AL) respectively.
They were elected at the second session of Krishak League’s council held at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium. The election of its new central committee was held there.
AL general secretary Obaidul Quader announced their names.
Earlier in the morning, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 10th national council of Krishak League at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan.
On April 19 in 1972, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founded Bangladesh Krishak League with the slogan of “Save the farmers, save the country”.
Abdur Rob Serniabat was the founding president of Krishak League who was one of the martyrs of August 15, 1975 carnage.
The last council of the organization was held on July 19 in 2012.
A 111-member committee was formed through the council making Motahar Hossain Molla as president and Shamsul Haque Reza as general secretary.