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Communications ministry failed to contain graft

Observes JS body

Rashidul Hasan
A parliamentary body yesterday criticised Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain for his "failure" to check corruption at his ministry.
The parliamentary standing committee on communications ministry alleged corruption has not decreased and corrupt officials are still working there.
"I told the [communications] minister corruption is going on in your ministry. The corrupt officials who got posting during the past alliance government were not removed," Zillul Hakim, committee member, told The Daily Star after the meeting held at the JatiyaSangsad Bhaban.
Zillul, also ruling Awami League lawmaker, said some other members of the com-mitteeechoedthesame.
Omor Faruk Chowdhury, another member of the committee, said he asked the minister on recent appointment of the director general of railway eastern zone.
"1 wanted to know why the director general was transferred and why the transfer order was cancelled. If there was no anomaly, you would not cancel the transfer order," Omor, also AL lawmaker, said.
He told the meeting the government's image is tarnished by such an incident.
Omor said the minister replied that the matter was handled at the joint secretary level and he took action on receiving information.
Earlier, the committee members criticised the minister for floating a tender to purchase a luxury vehicle for his own use.
The parliamentary body formed four sub committees led by members Zillul Hakim, Abu Zahir, Golam Mawla Roni and Omor Faruk to investigate and check different corruption and anomalies.
One committee would investigate irregularities and corruption occurred during the past BNP-led government in communications ministry' and another would work how to recover government land from grabbers.
The two other subcommittees would oversee the progress and quality of different development work and check possible anomalies in tender process under the ministry respectively.
The committee asked the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRIC) to initiate steps for purchasing 100 public carriers to ease traffic congestion in the city.
Talking to reporters, committee chairman Sheikh Muzibur Rahman said hundreds of acres of railway land would be recovered at any cost no matter how influential the grabbers are.