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Views On BCB Election

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I heard and read about dictator Ayuib Khan s Basic Democracy I have seen the way General I IM Irshad was elected president ol Bangladesh. I have also seen (he referendum on presidential or parliamentarian form of government during General Zi.iur Rahman’s tenure. But the February 25 election of BCB, in which I was a candidate, surpassed all of those
On (hr strength ol my credentials, bo(h as bring a former crick-< (ri ind an organiser, I became a com IP •> Lirin nr boxhond i lub ibii Mungha I up .is a
< in m phe dig lot ih • । itib-11 । rig, born per n idi cl ir. sum • ol on lii<. i< Is (l>. iid members) in o lor (he I'caid ol Directors, I launched inx election campaign by meetingall ol (he Dhaka cutin < illois in person. I thank them for giving me the lime, listening lo me and, on some occasions, treating me with a cup of tea.
I thought at (hat lime that ii was going lo pq a her and lair ele ction. Bui (he whole cricketing people ol ihe < ounlrv was shocked ai the sudden declaration of ihu hen directors (from the districts and divisions and the education
and services quota), who won unopposed, thanks Io (hr crooked game play of Jafar Imam and his close associate Sheikh Ni/am lid din.
When ibis news was spread, I (bought of withdrawing. But then I decided lo go all ihe way with il since in my whole cricket career I had never given up (ill rhe Iasi ball was balled. I decided lo continue mv canvassing alone but did urn go oi request (he above director makers ol lah . I mri personally nearly BO pet rent ol the councillors who supported Hl' h> if' the eh- non say ing that people like vmi should be al the board. Bui alas' I he above persons ultimate ly decided that who they would make the directors ihe night be-fore the election.
lew very important things happened during that night.
1 . I hey asked and accepted bribes in cash from the richer councillors of Dhaka Some of ihern ‘‘ven reportedly gave aboui Ik Hl lakh. One of the very in live Dhaka club representatives was also involved in sharing the money.
2 Ministers made requests lor
all the candidates who arc now directors One ol them is a very close friend ol mine , who wanted lo withdraw from the polls but eventually got elected when a minister backed him up But his presence in the board was a necessity as most ol others do not have the dynamism or a cricketing brain like him
3. Political aunt hmmi ol some ol the councillors, who have never played or thought of cricket even five vears back, used arms, muscles and hooligans lo be in the forum and become a director. It is not possible lor the sensible and gentlemanly cricketers to get elec led by seeking blessings from these troublemakers. Il is a disgrace lor them il they would have gone to them after serving Bangladesh cricket loi decades.
One day, while I was canvassing. I was ordered by one of the already elec led directors Irom ihe districts Mi. I Jara lo Irax e die premises nr he would ask the hotel authority oi the police to thiuugh in. citn ol pl.ii I fi'lc |" is.in who even doesn't kn . how u> behave with a Ion,,, i national
player became a director of the board. H’s a shame not only for me bin also lor all (he national players.
However. seven directors elected out of the 16 Dhaka (Job candidates are incidentally involved with one particular club. Isn’t it astonishing? Guess, what is going to happen to our cricket tn future. Is it decentralisation of the game?
Lx-national players who are very well qualified have been kept at bay with opportunists teaming up to take over (he inosi prestigious sports body of (he country. If formri cricketers like Khaled Omar Kumi. Aliul Islam. Ga/i Ashraf and others had been a part of (h<- scenario probably no one would have protested.
And the Board's amendment of (he constitution to have maximum representatives from the district levels avoiding Dhaka Clubs, which developed cricket to the present slate, was totally a wrong idea, Was not the election ol Dhaka club councillors totally hijacked by district association Malia Perhaps, (he Board's plan foearn Taka 100 crore in the next ' years has attracted all these ®Wdy people.
finally, I would like to ask the directors deci from Dhaka, specially the highest vole-getter, are not you feeling guilty in your conscience by being elected like and not by the voluntary votes the councillors? - Rafiq-UI.-cx-nation.il players and ^lector