Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday “forced” Hasina Mohiuddin, wife of former CCC mayor late ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, off the stage at a programme.

Hasina, the president of Chattogram city Mohila Awami League, is the mother of Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel, also AL organising secretary. 

The incident happened during the representatives’ meeting of six district units of Chattogram division at a port city community centre. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader was the chief guest at the programme organised by Chattogram city AL.

When Hasina was on the stage, Nasir, also general secretary of the unit, asked her to get down and sit on a chair on the front row, said the witnesses, adding that as she did not do so, he again asked her to get off the stage. 

Quader was not present at that time, they said. 

At one stage, she got down and sat on a chair on the front row until the programme ended, they said.

Mohiuddin Bachchu, convener of Chattogram city Jubo League, protested the incident.

Contacted, Bachchu said she did not want to get on the stage. She got on the stage following the request of Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury, president of Chattogram city AL.

“When I saw the incident, I went to Nasir bhai and told him that she got on the stage on request of Mahtab bhai,” said Bachchu, adding, “Nasir bhai told me that only selected leaders from the party’s central and district committees could sit on stage.”

Hasina refused to comment. 

“Everybody saw what happened on the stage ... I don’t want to say anything about it,” she told The Daily Star.

This correspondent tried to contact Nasir over phone, but he did not receive phone calls.