ACC chief's resignation won't affect anti-graft drives

To dispel skepticism stemming from the resignation of the ACC chief, Agriculture Minister and the ruling Awami League presidium member Matia Chowdhury said the anti-corruption activities would go on in its natural course.
“Anyone's resignation will not leave any impact on its activities,” she said while talking to newsmen at Noyabil UP office in Nalitabari upazila yesterday.
“Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is independent. There is no government interference in the activities of the ACC.”
She reassured that the government has its electoral pledge to check corruption. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina talked about anti-corruption movement in parliament,” she said.
Replying to a question from the local newsmen, Matia said ACC Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury resigned neither due to any pressure nor for forcing him to step down.
“He himself explained the reason for his resignation. He said there was no dynamism in the activities of the ACC,” the agricultural minister said.
She was distributing VGF rice among the poor people at the UP office where she asked the farmers not to worry about rice prices, which now took a downturn amid government measures for dousing the overheated market.
She assured them that the government would fix Boro price so that farmers could earn profit by selling their produce.