Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday expelled nine leaders at different levels for violating the party discipline by carrying out organisational activities against its decisions.

The decision was announced in a media release signed by BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

The expelled leaders are BNP assistant international affairs secretary barrister Rumeen Farhana, National Executive Committee members Muhammad Gias Uddin, Mohammad Shah Alam, Hasan Mamun and Abdul Khaleq, former vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and secretary general of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Welfare Front Tarun Dey, former convener of Dhaka North City BNP Saiful Alam Nirob, Sylhet district BNP vice-president Mamunur Rashid, and president of Bancharampur upazila BNP in Brahmanbaria district agriculturist Mehdi Hasan Palash.

The party said they had been expelled from BNP’s primary membership as well as from all posts at every level of the party for breaching organisational discipline.

Party sources said that the nine leaders were expelled for submitting nomination papers to contest the 13th parliamentary election against the party’s decision.