Awami League MP elected from Dhaka AFM Bahauddin Nasim on Wednesday came down heavily on the associations of professionals for giving statement in favour of corrupt government officials.
He also said that by giving statement in favour of corrupt persons these associations are taking responsibilities of corruption on their shoulders.
The Awami League Joint General Secretary made the statement while speaking in the Parliament on general discussion on the proposed budget of 2024-25 fiscal year.
He also put emphasis on finding out other corrupt government officials and urged the government bodies to act accordingly.
He said that politicians do not take action or take sides when there are allegations of corruption or misdeeds against any other politician.
“Rather, they raised their voice for taking political and legal actions. That is the greatness of honest politicians. But sometimes we see when there are allegations of corruption against a particular person in a government or private, semi-government organization or law enforcement agency, then a statement is given on behalf of that corrupt person,” he said.
In other words, he said, the responsibility of the complaint against the particular person is taken by those organisations.
“This responsibility falls on the entire organization. We have to get out of this,” he said.
Bahauddin Nasim said that initiatives should be taken to implement Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's zero tolerance policy against corruption by taking strict action against corrupt individuals, institutions, government or private parties or organisations.
Nasim pointed out that loan defaults should be reduced in the future by taking strict measures against the defaulters.
He said that loan defaulters, money launderers, bank robbers and those who are behind price hike of essentials should be identified.
“I think it is necessary to prepare a list and present it to the nation,” he added.
The AL leader said that the people of the country should be protected from the hands of this vicious, totalitarian, self-seeking gang by forming a special task force.
On June 21, Bangladesh Police Service Association issued a statement condemning what it termed a "smear campaign" orchestrated by certain media outlets against current and former members of the police force.
BPSA termed recent media reports against its retired and serving officials as ‘partial, ill motivated, sweeping and exaggerated’ and also requested the media to be more cautious while publishing reports on the force.
The statement came amid legal action against allegations of accumulating huge illegal wealth by former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family based on media reports.
Most recently, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has also made headlines over allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
While Matiur Rahman, president of the National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal, has been transferred to the Internal Resources Division (IRD) of the Finance Ministry following a recent controversy over his wealth.
