Foreign Minister. AK Abdul Momen once said that there are more bureaucrats than businessmen and politicians who have made their home in Canada. It sounds bad, but it is true according to the day. But who will control the bureaucrats? Whose responsibility? Rules 11, 12 and 13 of the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1979 clearly state the instructions for submission of statement of assets of government employees. But who will ring the bell on the cat's neck?
The Ministry of Land had submitted the assets of 3rd and 4th class employees in 2019 but they did not take into account the assets of 1st and 2nd class employees! In other words, the bureaucrats are all together not to submit the account of assets. According to the newspaper, in June 2021 and again in February 2022, in March again, the assets of government officials and employees were asked to be accounted for. However, government employees are required to report assets every 5 years. Why is it so late to give an account of the assets of government officials and employees? The only reason is that there is no correlation of wealth with their income.
According to BBS, after independence in Bangladesh, there were 5 millionaires in 1972, 47 in 1975, 98 in 1980, 943 in 1990, 2594 in 1996, 5162 in 2001, 8887 in 2006, 19163 in 2008 and 2020. 93890 people. At the end of 2021, the number was 101976. The funny thing is that in the Karana epidemic where business, trade, import and export all came to a standstill while the number of millionaires increased to 8086. What do they do when it comes to earning money?
We may be honest about not getting the chance but now is the time to rein in those who have the chance. Just as the government has curbed the unsolicited foreign travel of government officials and employees, the number of millionaires in Begampara, Canada will increase in the same way that the number of Bengalis in Begampara, Canada, will increase if they do not get detailed information about their income and assets.
Apart from the above mentioned issues, it seems that businessmen, politicians and bureaucrats are united on one issue but no one is willing to give an account of their assets. The government should take action according to the situation if there is any inconsistency in the submission of income and expenditure information of government and non-government officials, employees, businessmen and politicians as well as their assets.
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