Although everyone expected similar moves from the current caretaker government, it has yet to take such moves in the sports arena in spite of going for reshuffling in every other administration.

The Sammilito Krira Paribar (SKP) yesterday handed over a memorandum to CM Shafi Sami, the advisor to youth and sports, requesting him to follow in the footsteps of the past caretaker government.

"The chiefs of the sports federations should be removed at once because all of them are partisan. For transparency, we also demand that all the elected bodies of different federations should not take any long-term decisions during this period. The federations should also not try to make any financial deals because it might be harmful and individuals could serve personal interests," told SKP convenor Mubashar Hossain at a press conference at the DRU auditorium yesterday.

In reply to a question, Mubashar said that they were worried about Bangladesh Cricket Board's international TV deal and believed that there was scope for corruption with an outgoing lawmaker of BNP being the president of the board.

Former Bangladesh Football Federation general secretary Harunur Rashid suggested that it would be better to hold the federation polls after the national elections because the focus of every one would be on it.

Former national footballer Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul demanded justice on the police assault and torture on sportsmen and sports journalists.

"It is the best time to punish the guilty and I believe that the caretaker government can make an instance by doing it so that no one even dares to repeat such barbaric acts in the future," Tutul said.

The SKP also demanded investigation into all corruption and irregularity and publish white papers on them.