Dissolve boards of BGMEA, BUFT

A group of members of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Saturday urged the authorities concerned to dissolve the current boards of the trade body and the BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT).

They also alleged that the BGMEA failed to provide proper directives to its members who faced difficulties to operate factories during the students' movement, and especially after the turmoil stemming from the government change and prevailing flood situation.

They placed the demand at a press conference held under the banner of "General Members of BGMEA" at a hotel in the capital.

Mozammel Hoque Bhuiyan, a BGMEA member, alleged that the current board, led by SM Mannan Kochi followed by Khandoker Rafiqul Isam, took charge of the trade body through vote rigging and a fraudulent voter list.

He also alleged that former Awami  League MP Salam Murshedy, Industry and Commerce Affairs Secretary Siddiqur Rahman, and Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam were shamefully involved in vote rigging with their respective forces.

He demanded immediate resignation and dissolution of the board and called for the appointment of an interim non-political board to conduct a fair election with a fresh voter list.

However, he said they filed a writ petition regarding 400 fake voters, but the then attorney general allegedly supported the Sammilita Parishad panel.

About BUFT, he said seven out of the nine members of the university's trusty board are now fugitives.

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