Four REHAB committee members resign

Four executive council members of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) resigned yesterday, protesting irregularities in holding the polls.
They are Riad Momen, Syed A Siddiqui, Rezaul Karim and GR Nasir. They claimed that the executive committee is killing time in the name of correcting the voter list and violating the commerce ministry's directive to hold the biennial election in time.
But Nasrul Hamid Bipu, president of REHAB, downplayed the incident as 'illogical' and said July 29 has been fixed as the election date, although the election schedule is yet to be declared.
After his resignation, Siddiqui said: “We have resigned to protest irregularities in holding the election in time. The executive committee did not care about the demands of general members to resolve the issues of increased registration fees and lack of gas and electricity connections.”
“The present committee has also failed to protect the interests of REHAB members when the Real Estate Development and Management Bill was passed last year,” he alleged.