Jamalpur DC’s vote begging for AL sparks uproar

Staff Reporter :
An uproar has been created in the country’s political arena as Jamalpur district Deputy Commissioner (DC) recently sought votes to re-elect Awami League (AL) government for the continuation of the country’s development work.

But the State Minister for Public Administration Ministry has denounced the the DC’s assertion saying a government servant can’t say like the way.

“A DC cannot seek vote ahead of the national election.

He cannot say like this way,” State Minister for Public Administration Ministry Farhad Hossain said while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Tuesday afternoon.

When asked about Jamalpur DC’s statement seeking vote for the current government, the State Minister replied, “Action will be taken if the DC’s statement is found to be true.”

Earlier on Monday, highlighting various development activities of the incumbent government, the Deputy Commissioner of Jamalpur district Md Imran Ahmed had said that the present government of Awami League had to be brought to power again in the next parliamentary elections to continue the development spree.

A video in this regard has spread on the social media since Tuesday morning.

When attention was drawn regarding the video, Farhad Hossain said, “What DC said in the video about the election will be looked into. They are sent to the field with various trainings.”

The State Minister, however, said that it will be verified whether someone distorted the speech or not.

“In this era of artificial intelligence as any kind of speech can be twisted.

We will examine the DC’s statement. Definitely action will be taken if we found any violation in DC’s speeches,” Farhad Hossain added.

However, the Jamalpur DC also hoped local MP, Mirza Azam, would get a berth as a cabinet member in the next government the AL would form.

He was addressing a programme organised to inaugurate the newly constructed building of Madarganj pourashava in Jamalpur on Monday afternoon.

Jamalpur-3 (Madarganj, Melandah) constituency MP, Mirza Azam, also joint general secretary of the ruling party, was present at the event as chief guest.

Jamalpur police super Md Kamruzzaman also attended the inaugural function.

A 3.38-minute video clip of Jamalpur DC’s speech went viral on the social media’s messaging app, Messenger on Tuesday.

Many people have been castigating Md Imran Ahmed for such a statement despite being a public servant.