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MOSHARRAF 'S RESIGNATION

Mixed reaction within BNP

Star-' Correspondent
Mixed reactions swept the rank and file of the ruling BNP over the removal of state minister for energy and mineral resources AKM MosharrafHossain.
Many BNP men, including some policymakers, think that the prime minister has rightly taken the decision of removing Mosharraf from the cabinet for damaging the image of the government by accepting an expensive vehicle from a foreign oil company. The decision has brightened the image of the government and clearly shows its seriousness about curbing corruption in the country, titeysaid..
However, the majority BNP policymakers, ministers, leaders and MPs consider the removal of Mosharraf as "a severe punishment for a minor crime." There are several ministers in the government who did major crimes in the past but are still enjoying power, they said.
Talking to The Daily Star yesterday, a number of senior ministers and lawmakers said Mosharraf has had good relations with the foreign oil companies and might have often taken huge financial benefits from them, but he was not sacked when those allegations camein the past.
Several top BNP leaders said almost all ministers use vehicles of various projects or the subsidiary bodies of their ministries. "There may be something wrong... taking a vehicle from a oil company is a silly cause. Maybe Mosharraf lost his credibility or failed to satisfy the powerful quarter in BNP," said an important minister on condition of anonymity.
He said Mosharraf maintained a very strong lobby with the Young Turks of the BNP, particularly the Hawa Bhaban, known as the party's "alternative power house." "But I don't understand what threw away Mosharraf from the powerful quarter," he added.
There are more than half a dozen ministers and state ministers in the cabinet whose corruption is proven, but they are still holding their portfolios, said anotherinfluential BNPleader.
Mentioning the names of several
ministers and state ministers, the BNP leaders said they also should have been removed from the cabinet a couple of years ago.
Besides, the relatives and sons of several ministers and leaders are also engaged in widespread corruption. Also there are corrupt officials at the Prime Minister's Office, whose names recently came out in newspapers, but these officials are still there, they said.
Majority BNP leaders believe that time has come to remove the ministers having corruption allegation from the cabinet immediately, otherwise removal of Mosharraf on a silly cause will not be acceptable to people.