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For breaching party discipline, barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon has been removed from his post as vice president of the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum. The notification signed by the forum's Office Secretary Md Ziaur, released on Sunday (21 April).
The notification said the National Lawyers' Forum wrote to the winning President Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon of the panel of BNP in the 2024-25 election and three others to refrain from taking office.
The letter says the letter was written to continue the fair and logical movement to demand the re-election of the Supreme Court Lawyers' Association.
It also mentions that the lawyers' society and the country's people have rejected the election results.
However, on 4 April, Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon took office at the Supreme Court Bar Auditorium defying the decision of the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum. Outgoing Supreme Court Bar President Momtaz Uddin Fakir welcomed him with flowers.
Also, he was absent when the three executive members of the BNP panel took charge. Besides, no incumbent leader of the Nationalist Lawyers' Forum was present at the inauguration ceremony. Only pro-BNP lawyers who are followers of Barrister Khokon were present, reads the notification.
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