Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Thursday demanded fully cancellation of the appointment of officials based on the results of the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination held during the Awami League regime to ensure justice for job seekers.
The party also stressed for the scrapping of all the processes for the 44th, 45th, and 46th BCS for ensuring jobs for meritorious and deserving candidates through a fair and transparent process.
“On behalf of the country and the nation, we strongly demand the interim government to cancel the 43rd BCS which was considered and recommended on party basis, depriving thousands of eligible and talented candidates,” BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed said at a press conference at the party Chairperson’s Gulshan office.
“The BNP demands the interim government to immediately revoke the gazette notification on the appointments made based on the 43rd BCS examinations results, which were conducted by a partisan commission during the fascist regime of the Awami League,” he said.
The BNP leader noted that there is a precedent for annulling BCS recruitment, referencing the interim government’s actions in 2007 when it scrapped the appointments based on the results of the 27th BCS.
Salahuddin Ahmed pointed out that the final results of the 27th BCS were canceled in the same context, and the then government subsequently completed the process issuing the recruitment circular after retaking viva exams. He underlined that the government could follow the example set by the 27th BCS appointment process regarding the 43rd BCS.
“Within just 2 months of the people’s mass uprising with huge bloodshed, the opportunity to expand the dominance of the Awami ghosts in the administration by appointing deposed Awami Leagues loyalists without any proper scrutiny has become a big question,” he said.
“We think that this appointment is equal to deception and betrayal with the unforgettable sacrifices of the students in the anti-fascist movement,” the BNP leader said.