Recently, the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor AJM Nasir Uddin's comment on some ministry officials demanding bribe raised quite a stir. The mayor claimed that the CCC did not get adequate allocation as he refused to pay 5 percent in commission. Mayor Nasir further alleged that as he refused to give the commission, he had got only Tk 80 crore allocation, which would have been Tk 300-350 crore if he had agreed. He also alleged that a joint secretary demanded a Pajero jeep in exchange for cooperation.

We know that we live in a country where everyday hundreds of issues rise and the old ones get suppressed by the new ones. But in this case, we want a fair investigation, as the mayor himself has claimed that he had all the evidences in favour of his allegation.

Jahan Ara Begum 

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