In a bid to calm the rancour over the new committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, secretary general of BNP Khondoker Delwar Hossain Friday said leaders and workers who make sacrifices will be evaluated, reports bdnews24.com.

"There can be grievances over the new committee. The chairperson has approved the committee after discussion with the leaders," he said after placing floral wreathes at the grave of party founder Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

"Now everybody will have to work together in the interest of the party," he added.

A statement released Wednesday announced five top leaders of the new committee approved by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Tuku was the senior vice president in the previous central committee and is the younger brother of BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu, an accused in the Aug 21, 2004 grenade attack case. Tuku ran in the ninth parliamentary elections from Tangail-2, but did not win the seat.

General activists say the committee consists of 'patrons of Jamaat-e-Islami and militancy'. They also say Tuku is too old for the job, having graduated from the university years ago.

Delwar congratulated the new leadership and said JCD started a new journey under the new leadership.

Tuku was with Delwar at that time, while Alim came to the grave with Rizvi Ahmed, the office secretary of BNP.

The new JCD leaders assembled at the grave before the Jum'a prayers to take oath. BNP's student affairs secretary Fazlul Haque Milon oversaw the ceremony.

Senior vice-president Shahidul Islam Babul, joint general secretary Amiruzzaman Khan Shimul, organising secretary Anisur Rahman Khokon, organising secretary of youth wing Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal Khairul Kabir Khokon, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, former JCD leader Nazim Uddin Alam, Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, ABM Mosharraf Hossain, former JCD president Azizul Bari Helal and general secretary Shafiul Bari Babu were present on the occasion.

Leaders and activists of Dhaka city units of JCD have threatened to resign en masse if the new committee is not dissolved in the next seven days.

Thana and college units of the city issued the threat after staging protest in front of the BNP headquarters at Naya Paltan Friday.

In a brief meeting, the aggrieved leaders alleged that the new committee has been made with controversial leaders to weaken the organisation.

They said the committee that consists of 'patrons of Jamaat-e-Islami and militancy' was not acceptable to the general activists.

Meanwhile, DU Correspondent report adds: A section of pro-BNP student organisation Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) rejected the just-formed JCD central committee with Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and Amirul Islam Khan Alim as the president and the general secretary respectively.

Eight to ten JCD central leaders, requesting their anonymity after a protest procession against the new committee on the Dhaka University (DU) campus, Thursday alleged the committee had been formed with so-called student leaders who were earlier reformists and involved in annihilating the BNP.

"We vehemently reject the ineligible committee with Tuku and Amirul whose studentship ended respectively twelve and eight years ago to sustain the constructive politics of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman," they said.

They also declared their non-cooperation with the new committee. They further said they will wage a methodical movement against it to protect the JCD, the vanguard of Bangladeshi nationalism introduced by Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman.