The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled nine senior leaders, including Barrister Rumeen Farhana, assistant international affairs secretary of the party’s National Executive Committee, on allegations of involvement in activities contrary to party discipline.

The information was disclosed in a notification signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday.

According to the notification, Barrister Rumin Farhana has been expelled from all party posts at every level, including her primary membership, based on specific allegations of carrying out organizational activities in defiance of party decisions.

Others expelled on the same charges include BNP National Executive Committee members Muhammad Gias Uddin, Mohammad Shah Alam, Hasan Mamun and Abdul Khalek; former assistant vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Secretary General of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Welfare Front, Tarun Dey; former convener of BNP Dhaka North city unit, Saiful Alam Nirab; Sylhet district BNP vice-president Mamunur Rashid (Chaksu Mamun); and president of Bancharampur upazila BNP in Brahmanbaria district, agriculturist Mehdi Hasan Palash.