Agency :
Faruque Ahmed has revealed that the Ministry of Sports has asked him to step down from his position as BCB president.
He said the instruction was delivered during a meeting with Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud on Wednesday. However, Faruque remains adamant that he will not resign.
“The adviser didn’t explicitly ask me to resign, but he made it clear they don’t want me to stay on. Still, I won’t step down because I was elected to this role.” Faruque said to media on Thursday.
There can be complications if Faruque does not resign. If he is removed without resignation, it can be termed as government interference, which goes against the ethics of the International Cricket Council. Earlier ICC had banned Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe for government interference.
It is understood that former national skipper Aminul Islam is the front-runner to replace Faruque. It was learnt that Aminul, who is working with ICC as the development officer, will be seeking a three-month notice from his role in ICC to fill the post as the next board president in the next election, which is scheduled for October.
Aminul arrived in Dhaka earlier this week, and since that point, there has been a lot of speculation regarding the change in BCB regime.
Faruque, a former Bangladesh cricket captain, assumed the BCB presidency on August 21 after the Awami League government stepped down.
