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Probe on to spot price hike culprits

JS body rejects commerce ministry report on essentials

Staff Correspondent
A parliamentary body yesterday rejected a commerce ministry report on essentials price hike and formed a sub-committee to identify the persons who let the situation spin out of control.
The three-member sub-committee of the parliamentary standing committee on commerce ministry will also probe the reasons for the price spiral.
The ruling BNP lawmakers at the meeting said they want to find out the persons responsible for the hike that 'destroyed the image of the government'.
The lawmakers observed that essentials prices had never been so high during any rule.
Lawmaker Monirul Hoque Chowdhury heads the probe committee that has a week to submit its report.
Chairman of the committee Redwan Ahmed told newspersons after the meeting that essentials prices are now coming down. He said high transport cost is one of the reasons for the price upswing.
The committee recommended relocation of Karwan Bazar Kitchen Market to lower transport cost.
Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury also echoed Redwan and said a central kitchen market is being planned.
He said in a free economy the government does not control the market. "But if the government wants, we can intervene."
In its report, the ministry said the government could curb essentials prices by reducing duty rate. The government should think whether it wants to earn a few crore in revenue by imposing duty on onion, rice and oil or consider the buying capacity of the people and image of the government.
"The government and its agencies should not blame each other. It is also not desirable that any agency should try to avoid responsibility. It hampers the government's image,'' said the report.
The report said this year onion was imported 32 percent less than the previous year.
Meeting sources said Monirul Hoque told the meeting that 'he did not believe 70 percent of the report'. He said people have become hostage to a syndicate of unscrupulous traders.
Echoing the same voice, Mohammad Younus, another member of the committee, said the image of the government has been tarnished.
Former water resources minister LK Siddiqui said it would be made public why the authorities failed to control the market.