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Appointment of BGMEA administrator

17 January 2005, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Md. Giash Uddin Pathan Uttara Model Town Dhaka
17 January 2005, 18:00 PM
The news (DS 7.1.'05) that the government appointed an administrator to run the affairs of the BGMEA, until the election of its Executive Committee, has really worried me. It has been said that the government did this in pursuance of a court's order though the press could not throw light on the contents of the petition on which the court gave this order. The news item mentioned that the BGMEA Executive Committee, though made defendant in the case, did not get the opportunity to defend itself and that they did not even know about the case and the proceedings in the court.

The news item hinted that the concerned quarters had expressed the apprehension that it might be a move from the side of the government to control the upcoming elections to the Executive Committee of the BGMEA to keep the pro-opposition elements out of the process.

The way things took place may tend to induce people to suspect that the whole situation had been engineered and managed by the government. It might have done this purely on political consideration at the cost of national interest. I also feel that this undemocratic action of the government would irk the democratic nations of the West which are the main buyers of the products of our garments industry.

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Our appeal to the government will be that it will refrain from this type of activities prompted by sheer political interest.