The leaders of the 'Sammilito Babosayee Parisad' on Saturday vowed to work actively in preserving the interest of the general members of the apex trade body as well as to support the government to build the 'Smart FBCCI and Smart Bangladesh".
The commitments came at the first introduction meeting of the 'Sammilito Babosayee Parisad' held at Officers Club auditorium, Ramna in the capital, ahead of the election of the apex trade body, FBCCI, scheduled to be held on July 31st.
The leaders mainly focused and demanded to hold direct election instead of going through selection process in ensuring the voting rights of the General Body (GB) members of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI). " This time also the process and conspiracy of selection was going on but the demands of direct election is the vital demand of all the GB members. In the face of the demands of members, the Parisad wanted election to be held directly rather than selection. We want election, and for this reason, this time the path of election has finally become smooth but we had to make this happen by facing lots of conspiracies, obstacles and challenges", said the leaders.
The Election Board is preparing for the election. Voters are now looking forward to cast their votes in electing the leaders they like. We believe that the process of direct elections will continue in future if the Sammilito Babosayee Parisad wins the upcoming FBCCI elections.
And if the Parisad fails then there is doubt whether there will be elections in FBCCI in future or not. Because they will no longer walk the path of election. In view of this fact, the business leaders demanded to vote in favor of the 'Sammilito Babosayee Parisad' in the upcoming FBCCI elections. At the beginning of the program, the panel leader Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed delivered address of welcome and expressed his thanks to the general members for joining the meeting.
Panel Leader Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed introduced all the candidates of the Parisad one by one to the voters.
He also explained why or what need to select the candidates. The panel leader also said that sector-wise genuine businessmen have become candidates in Sammilito Babosayee Parisad, who are playing an important role in the country's business, trade, investment and employment.
Meanwhile, the GB members say that such a large number of voters have not been seen in any election program of FBCCI in the past.
About 1400 members participated in the program spontaneously.
The candidates from the 'Sammilito Babosayee Parisad' are Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed (Convener), Muntakim Ashraf (Joint Convener), Nizam Uddin Rajesh (Joint Convener), Mohammad Iqbal Mahmud, Hafez Haji Md. Enayet Ullah, Haji Md. Abul Hashem, Mohammad Rabiul Haque Badsha, Saifur Rahman, Mohammad Ishaqul Hossain Sweet, Zakir Hossain Roni, Mohammad. Rakibul Alam, Mostafa Al Mahmud, Mohammad Maruf Ahmed, Md. Lokman Hossain Akash, Syed Mohammad Bakhtiar, Engineer Md. Ismail Karim Chowdhury, Tapan Kumar Majumder, Mohammad Aftab Javed, Md. Shahidul Haque Molla, Sheikh Ahmed Ullah, Salma Hossain Ash, Sirajul Islam, BM Shoaib, Dr. Mahbub Hafiz.
