BCL chief flies to Ishwardi on helicopter
Bangladesh Chhatra League President Saifur Rahman Sohag's visit on a chopper to attend a programme in Ishwardi has sparked widespread criticism.
Sohag flew to Ishwardi from Dhaka on Friday and attended an anti-drug rally. However, he did not pay the Tk 1.05 lakh chopper fare.
Shafiqur Rahman Konak, son of Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, arranged the chopper trip by Partex Group and brought the BCL president for the programme. Sohag landed at the Ishwardi Pulses Research Institute premises where local BCL leaders warmly received him.
It became a talk of the town where cross-section of people denounced the luxury in the name of attending a simple programme. Many termed it an unethical practice that would not bring any good to student politics.
"The local Awami League is embarrassed by the incident and we cannot accept such an example as Chhatra League is a political student organisation that voluntarily serves the society. So, when a top leader of the organisation uses a chopper to visit a place, it loses all quality of voluntary services," Advocate Abdul Ahad, joint secretary of Pabna district unit Awami League, said.
"The trip is luxurious and will send a wrong message to the grassroots leaders of the ruling party's student organisation about the spirit and ethics of student politics," Rafiqul Islam Rumon, immediate past district secretary of BCL, added.
Mostafizur Rahman Russell, former BCL leader of Pabna, said the incident might beget more such lavish incidents in future. He urged everyone to avoid such incidents to protect political ethics.
"It is nothing but showing arrogance as it was not a state programme," Jakir Hossain, secretary of district unit Workers Party, observed.
Contacted, Shohag told The Daily Star last night that he went to Pabna to attend a programme organised Shofiqur Rahman Kanak, son of the land minister, and that the chopper was rented by the organiser.
“The one who invited [me] made all the arrangements.”
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