DHAKA, Feb 15, 2022 (BSS)-Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque today said that a well accepted Election Commission (EC) will be formed with the names so far received by the search committee.
“Although the BNP has so far not recommended any name to the search committee, I am hopeful that a well accepted EC would be formed,” he said.
The minister made the comment while responding to a query from a journalist after attending a view-exchange meeting with the officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Sylhet regions at Sylhet Circuit House this morning.
“We hope that we will get a powerful EC as the search committee will submit the names of some eligible and dignified persons for the formation of EC,” he added.
The newly formed EC will hold free and fair elections according to the expectations of the nation, which would be also praiseworthy throughout the world, said the minister.
Criticizing the BNP, the ruling party leader said there is no alternative to dialogue for solving any dispute. BNP is not harming itself but also the nation in the name of movement and boycotting the elections, he added.
Amid serious tension over Ukraine, Dr Razzaque said US president Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have remained engaged in discussion to solve the matter whereas BNP is continuously boycotting the dialogue and discussion, which is nothing but a non-political and undemocratic attitude,” he said.
Meanwhile, the government has been working to bring unfarmed land of Syhet region under cultivation, he said.
The government has already taken a project at a cost of Taka 226 crore aiming to extend irrigation facilities during the Boro season, Dr Razzaque said, adding that the project will bring massive change to the agriculture sector in Sylhet region.
The demand of rice is increasing day by day, he said and added, “So, we are working to enhance rice production by bring unfarmed land under cultivation.”
Shamima Shahriar MP, Director General of the DAE Benjir Alam, Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain and Additional Director of DAE Sylhet Dilip Kumar Adhikary, among others, spoke on the occasion.
A total of over 12.50 lakh hectares of land in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts where arable land is over 7.63 lakh hectares.
