Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- A letter from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has thrown Purbachal Club in Narayanganj's Rupganj into uncertainty, raising questions about who can reshape its leadership and arrange its next election.

The letter asks the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) to form a 10-member ad hoc committee to run the club and organise an election under its constitution. The committee has called an extraordinary general meeting for Nov 14.

But Showkat Aziz Russell, club president since a leadership change after the 2024 mass uprising, has questioned the letter's legal validity and jurisdiction.

Dated Oct 14, it was sent by Md Saiful Islam, private secretary to Prime Minister's Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar....