ACC a govt agent: Moudud
Questioning the neutrality of the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC), BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said the ACC has turned into a "government agent" and doubted whether it has the courage to bring graft allegations against a minister.
“The ACC has no acceptability…it has become a big agent of the government. I've doubts whether the ACC which gave a clean chit to a former communications minister (Abul Hossain) will be able to declare him as corrupt after any fair investigation…,” he told a discussion at Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
Bangladesh Prajanma Academy, a pro-BNP platform, arranged the discussion with its president Kalam Foyze in the chair.
Barrister Moudud claimed that the government is trying to get rid of the Padma Bridge project applying various tactics as it knows the entire government would be proved corrupt if the investigation is done neutrally.
“That's why they're trying to influence the ACC in every step. The government wants to see the World Bank to quit the project.”
BNP chairperson's adviser and former commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, former state minister for water resources Goutam Chakrabarty and Sadhinata Forum President Abu Naser Mohammad Rahmatullah, among others, spoke on the occasion.
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