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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BANGLADESH AWAMI LEAGUE
The District Awami League Executive Committee
32. Each District Awami League Executive Committee shall consist of a total of 71 members including the following office bearers and Members:
a) President
b) 9 Vice-Presidents
c) General Secretary
d) 3 Joint-General Secretaries
e) 3 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
f) Secretary, Legal Affairs
g) Secretary, Agriculture
h) Secretary, Information &Research
i) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
j) Office Secretary
k) Secretary, Religious Affairs
l) Secretary, Publicity
m) Secretary, Forest & Environmental Affairs
n) Secretary, Science & Technology Affairs
o) Secretary, Women Affairs
p) Secretary, liberation war Affairs
q) Secretary, Youth & Sports
r) Secretary Education
s) Secretary, Industry & Commerce
t) Secretary Labor Affairs
u) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
v) Secretary, Health & Population
w) Deputy Office Secretary
x) Deputy Publicity Secretary*Treasurer = 1
(Office Bearer =37) and (member =34) = Total 71)
32. a) One-third of members present in the general meeting of the District Awami League and one-fourth of members present in emergency meeting, shall form a quorum.
33. The rules of the Bangladesh Awami League shall be applicable where the issues relating to Districts are not mentioned in the Constitution of the Bangladesh Awami League. If the Upazilla/Thana, Municipal, Union, Ward, Village Awami League under the District Awami League, and the Thana, Ward and Unit Awami League under the Metropolitan City Awami League are unable to form a committee, the District/Metropolitan City Awami League shall exercise powers under sections 6 (c) and 7 of the Constitution.
Committees under Metropolitan City Awami League
Unit Awami League
34. There shall be formed more than one Unit Awami League under the Metropolitan City Ward Awami League. Minimum 150 Primary Members shall be recruited for each unit and each Primary Member shall be deemed to be a councilor of that unit.
The Unit Awami League shall consist of a total of 37 members including the following Office bearer and Member :
a) President
b) 3 Vice-Presidents
c) General Secretary
d) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
e) Organising Secretary
(According to alphabetical order of the posts in Bengali)
f) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
g) Office Secretary
h) Secretary, Religious Affairs
l) Secretary, Publicity
j) Secretary, Forest & Environmental Affairs
k) Secretary, Women Affairs
l) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
m) Secretary, Youth & Sports
n) Secretary, Education
o) Secretary, Labor Affairs
q) Secretary, Health & Population(Office bearers = 20) and (Member =17)= Total 37)
Metropolitan City Ward Awami League
34. a) There shall be formed a Ward Awami League in each ward of the metropolitan city. The Metropolitan City Ward Awami League shall have the status of Union Awami League.
b) If any ward is divided into more than one section and situated in more than one thana, that ward, on the basis of population, shall be deemed to be included in the thana to which the majority of its population belong.
c) The Metropolitan City Ward Awami League Committee
1) President
2) 5 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 2 Organising Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agriculture
8) Secretary, Information &Research
9) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forestry & Environmental Affairs
14) Secretary, Science & Technology Affairs
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, liberation war Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education
19) Secretary, Labor
20) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
21) Secretary, Health & Population
22) Assistant Office Secretary
23) Assistant Secretary of Publicity & Publication
* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =30) and (Members =35) = Total 65
Thana Awami League (Including All City police stations) Council
d) There shall be formed a Thana Awami League in each thana under the Metropolitan City Awami League.
e) The triennial council meeting, with 21 councilors elected from each union, and 15 co-opted councilors, shall be held according to sub-sections 37( a) and (b ) of the Constitution of the Thana Awami League, and shall have the office bearers and Members like Thana Awami League under the Metropolitan City Awami League and the Upazila/ Thana Awami League under the District Awami League.
Thana Awami League including all city police stations) Committee
1) President
2) 7 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 3 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agricultural Affairs
8) Secretary, Information &Research
9) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forest & Environmental Affairs
14) Secretary, Science & Technology
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, liberation War Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education
19) Secretary Labor Affairs
20) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
21) Secretary, Health & Population
22) Assistant Office Secretary
23) Assistant Secretary, Publicity & Publication* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =34) and (Members =33)= Total 67
35. Metropolitan City Awami League Council
a) On the basis of the total population of thanas under the metropolitan cities namely, Dhaka and Chittagong , a City Councilor for every 20 thousand people shall be elected in Thana Awami League Council.
b) 10 councilors from each ward of the thanas belonging to the metropolitan cities, namely Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet, shall be elected as City Councilors during Thana Council Meeting.
c) Each Metropolitan City Awami League, during its first council meeting, shall co-opt 5 councilors from each thana.
d) Each of the aforesaid councilors shall pay the triennial subscription at a rate of Tk.20.00 (Taka Twenty).
36. Metropolitan City Awami League Executive Committee
Each Metropolitan City Awami League shall elect the following office bearers and Members during its council meeting.
1) President
2) 9 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 3 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 3 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agricultural Affairs
8) Secretary, Information &Research
9) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forestry & Environment
14) Secretary, Science & Technology
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education
19) Secretary, Industrial and Commercial Affairs
20) Secretary, Labor Affairs
21) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
22) Secretary, Health & Population
23) Assistant Office Secretary
24) Assistant Secretary of Publicity & Publication
* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =37) and (Members =34)= Total of 71)
36. 1) It is mentioned that, under all Metropolitan Cities, Presidents of Unit Awami League, Ward Awami League and Thana Awami League shall, ex-officio be deemed to be the Members of Ward Awami League Committee, Thana Awami League Committee and Metropolitan City Awami League Committee respectively .
36. 2) The concerned section of the Associate Organization shall direct its activities in co-ordination with the committees of different strata of the Metropolitan City Awami League and work in collaboration with each other.
Upazilla/Thana Awami League Council
37. An Upazilla/Thana Awami League shall be formed in each Upazilla/Thana. The Upazilla/Thana Awami League Council shall be formed in the following manner:
a) 21 members shall be elected from each Union Awami League.
b)The Upazilla/Thana Awami League Council, shall be formed by the Upazilla/Thana Awami League Council by including 15 co-opted members during the first session of its triennial election meeting.
c) Each of the aforementioned councilors shall pay the triennial subscription at a rate of Tk.10.00 (Taka Ten)
38. Upazilla/Thana Awami League Executive Committee
The Upazilla/Thana Awami League Council shall elect the following office bearers and members, and the rules adopted by the District Awami League shall be applicable to it in all other matters.
1) President
2) 7 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 3 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 3 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agricultural Affairs
8) Secretary, Information &Research Affairs
9) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare Affairs
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forestry & Environment Affairs
14) Secretary, Science & Technology Affairs
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education
19) Secretary, Labor Affairs
20) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
21) Secretary, Health & Population
22) Assistant Office Secretary
23) Assistant Secretary of Publicity & Publication
* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =34) and (Member=33)= Total 67
39. Union Awami League
a) The Union Awami League shall consist of Ward Awami Leagues belonging to each union of the thanas under each District Awami League.
b) The Union Awami League shall consist of 15 councilors from the Ward Awami League and 15 co-opted counselors.
c) Each of the aforementioned councilors shall pay the triennial subscription at a rate of Tk.10.00 (Taka Ten).
d) The Union Awami League shall consist of a total of 65 members including 30 office bearers and 35 Members.
Union Awami League Committee
1) President
2) 5 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 2 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agricultural Affairs
8) Secretary, Information &Research
9) Secretary Relief & Social-Welfare Affairs
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forestry & Environmental Affairs
14) Secretary, Science & Technology
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education Affairs
19) Secretary, Labor Affairs
20) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
21) Secretary, Health & Population
22) Assistant Office Secretary
23) Assistant Secretary, Publicity & Publication
* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =30) and (Member=35)= Total 65
Ward Awami League(at Union level)
40. There shall be formed a Ward Awami League in each ward of each union. Each Ward Awami League shall recruit minimum 150 primary members. The Ward Awami League shall be deemed to be the primary unit. But where applicable, the Village Awami League shall be formed.
40. a) The Ward Awami League shall consist of a total of 51 members including 24 office bearers and 27 Members.
Its structure is as follows:
1) President
2) 5 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 2 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Agricultural Affairs
7) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
8) Office Secretary
9) Secretary, Religious Affairs
10) Secretary, Publicity
11) Secretary, Forestry & Environmental Affairs
12) Secretary, Women Affairs
13) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
14) Secretary, Youth & Sports
15) Secretary, Education Affairs
16) Secretary, Labor Affairs
17) Secretary, Cultural Affairs* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =24) and (Member=27)= Total 51
Municipal Awami League
41. The Municipal Awami League shall be formed with the following members in each municipal area:
a) 15 councilors elected from each Ward Awami League.
b) 15 councilors co-opted during the first session of the triennial council meeting of the Municipal Awami League.
c) The Municipal Awami League shall elect the office bearers and Members as laid down in section 29 (e) and in other matters rules of Union Awami League and rules of upazilla / Thana Awami League shall be applicable as the case may be. It will be constituted in the following way :
Municipal Awami League Committee
1) President
2) 5 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 2 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agriculture
8) Secretary, Information &Research
9) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forestry & Environmental Affairs
14) Secretary, Science & Technology
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education
19) Secretary, Labor Affairs
20) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
21) Secretary, Health & Population
22) Assistant Office Secretary
23) Assistant Secretary, Publicity & Publication
* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =30) and (Member=35)= Total 65
d) It is mentioned that the committee, if formed in the areas belonging to the 'A' class municipality and the district headquarters- shall consist of a total of 65 members including 34 Office bearers (including 7 Vice-Presidents, 3 Joint-General Secretaries and 3 Organizing Secretaries) and 31 members.
e) Each ward of the Municipal Awami League shall be deemed to be the primary unit. Each ward shall recruit minimum 150 primary members. The primary members shall be considered to be the councilors of that ward.
Municipal Ward Awami League Committee
1) President
2) 5 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) 2 Organizing Secretaries
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Legal Affairs
7) Secretary, Agriculture
8) Secretary, Information &Research
9) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
10) Office Secretary
11) Secretary, Religious Affairs
12) Secretary, Publicity
13) Secretary, Forestry & Environmental Affairs
14) Secretary, Science & Technology
15) Secretary, Women Affairs
16) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
17) Secretary, Youth & Sports
18) Secretary, Education
19) Secretary, Labor
20) Secretary, Cultural
21) Secretary, Health & Population
22) Assistant Office Secretary
23) Assistant Secretary, Publicity & Publication
* Treasurer-1
(Office bearers =30) and (Member=21)= Total 51
Village/Maholla Awami League
42. There shall be formed a Village/Moholla Awami League Committee in each village or moholla. The Village/Maholla Awami League shall consist of the following office bearers and Members:
1) President
2) 3 Vice-Presidents
3) General Secretary
4) 2 Joint-General Secretaries
5) Organizing Secretary
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the posts in Bengali)
6) Secretary, Agricultural Affairs
7) Secretary, Relief & Social-Welfare
8) Office Secretary
9) Secretary, Religious Affairs
10) Secretary, Publicity
11) Secretary, Forestry & Environmental Affairs
12) Secretary, Women Affairs
13) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs
14) Secretary, Youth & Sports
15) Secretary, Education
16) Secretary, Cultural Affairs
17) Secretary, Health & Population
(Office bearers =20) and (Member=11)= Total 31
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