Noman Sabit: The general secretary of the Awami League Jackson Heights Unit New York Metropolitan Committee Tanvir Kaiser has been fired for spreading the audio clip on social media after talking on the phone with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. After his phone conversation with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 12, he spread that audio clip on social media.
New York Metropolitan Awami League President Rafiqur Rahman Tuesday (September 17) in a written order. Tanvir Kaiser was dismissed. It is mentioned in the said expulsion order that Tanvir Kaisar was engaged in activities against the principles, ideals, spirit and values of the party despite repeated warnings and therefore it was decided to expel him by the party decision.
Rafiqur Rahman said that after the phone conversation with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 12, Tanvir Kaiser has humiliated the party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by spreading that audio clip on social media. A person involved in such criminal activities as a party worker has no right to remain in the party. Therefore, on Monday (September 16), he was fired by the decision of the leaders and activists of the New York Metropolitan Awami League.
Meanwhile, Tanvir’s Facebook account profile has been closed since the incident. In the phone conversation, he mentioned the names of several leaders of the United States Awami League. He said he will protest with those leaders. But he himself is said to have taken political asylum in the United States claiming to be ‘persecuted’ by the Awami League in Bangladesh.
Tanvir Kaiser entered the United States on June 4, 2019 via Los Angeles. His visa was a tourist visa. But shortly after entering the United States, he claimed that he was tortured by the Awami League government in Bangladesh. That’s why he wants his own security. Later, he applied for political asylum in the country on May 7, 2020. It is also known that his Bangladeshi passport expired on January 24, 2021.
Tanvir, who went viral in the leaked phone conversation, was born on December 7, 1989. His father is Solaiman Kaiser and mother Nilufar Yasmin. His wife’s name is Ruqaiya Azad. However, it is not yet known which position TanvIr is in Awami League, and through which source she has directly communicated with Sheikh Hasina.
It is to be noted that on August 5, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country and fled to India after resigning in the face of the student movement. Since then, the audio of many people’s conversations with Sheikh Hasina has been leaked. Some on social media are also commenting that the issue is intentional. However, there is no concrete evidence of how these call records are being leaked. How Tanvir’s phone conversation with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was leaked has raised many questions in the minds of expatriates including Awami League leaders and activists.
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