Forum takes strong stance against Nazmul

The District and Divisional Sports Organisers Forum categorically declared their stance against Nazmul Hasan, the president of the ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, saying they would not support him in the upcoming election.
In a press conference held at the National Sports Council yesterday, the Forum leaders accused that the current president has transformed the Bangladesh Cricket Board to Bangladesh ‘Clubs’ Board and they warned the any anomaly and attempt to influence the normal procedure will be provided with due answer.
Yusuf Jamil Babu, the president of the Forum, said Nazmul is not an efficient cricket organiser. “He is not a seasoned cricket organiser, but now he is holding the post of BCB president. Now the BCB does not represent the whole country rather it’s an organisation of the clubs,” said Babu.

Babu said the BCB president has been avoiding the grass root level organisers intentionally. “The BCB president and we sat in five meetings, if he felt that he will not reach any conclusions then why did he sit with us? As a lawmaker his steps should be more organized,” he said.
Talking about the alleged corruption Babu said the Forum are not involved with any corruption rather the ad-hoc committee members are engulfed in corruption. “We will resign from our posts if they can prove that we are involved in corruption. However, there are allegations that the construction works of the Cox’s Bazar stadium have been split among the members of a number of the ad-hoc committee and it’s distributed without any tender,” he added.
Babu strongly condemned that the ad-hoc committee are trying to buy out the councilors. “They have been provided with the contracts of different projects. AJM Nasiruddin has got the Cox’s Bazar stadium, Shafilul Alam Nazel has been provided with the work of Sylhet stadium, Alamgir Khan Alo has obtained the work of Sylhet BKSP. There were offers to us also, but we did not bow our heads,” revealed Babu.
The Fourm leaders said Abdul Malek, one of the secretaries of the Prime Minister’s secretariat has called the DC’s of different districts and tried to influence the councilor naming process. “We have tried to attract the PM’s attention over the issue and we have the message that the PM said she wants transparency. If anyone tries to influence the normal process then it would be restricted with an all out effort,” declared Babu.
Ashkiur Rahman Miku, the secretary general of Forum, said their apprehension has come true. “If the ad-hoc committee holds their chair and run in the election then it would be a biased process. The 71 district and divisional sports organisers will select their 10 directors and the DC’s know who committed organisers are. They will not select the councilors bowing to any external instructions,” said Miku.
Writer: RM