Dhaka, July 7 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has removed three senior leaders -- Anisul Islam Mahmud, ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader, and Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu -- from all party posts.

The announcement came shortly after Shamim Haider Patwary was appointed the new secretary general, replacing Mujibul Haque.

In a statement, the party said the decision followed complaints of indiscipline raised at a meeting on 25 June.

A subsequent presidium meeting on 28 June backed the move, and the chairman acted under his constitutional powers, it added.

Leaders reject decision

Shortly before the announcement, Anisul Islam and Hawlader issued a joint statement rejecting the appointment of Patwary as secretary general.

They called the move "undemocr...