The involvement of Abdur Rahman Bodi in preventing peddling of drugs like yaba and assigning Shajahan Khan in efforts to stop road accidents has been questioned in parliament."How much will it be possible to control drugs by Bodi and roads by Shajahan Khan?" asked the Jatiya Party's Fakhrul Islam MP on Monday, reports bdnews24.
The opposition MP recalled Shajahan's remarks that licences can be given to people who can identify cattle had triggered widespread criticism. "His laughter created a situation. How much will the government be able to keep its commitment by (assigning) him?" he asked.
Former Awami League MP from Cox's Bazar, Bodi reportedly tops a government list of drug lords.He has denied his involvement in controlling smuggling of yaba pills from Myanmar through Teknaf and Ukhia borders.
The Awami League, however, picked his wife Shahin Akhter as the candidate before the last election. After winning the polls, Shahin and Bodi have resolved to put an end to yaba trade in the district and asked the peddlers to surrender.
On Saturday, 102 drug lords of the southeastern district surrendered. They include some kin of Bodi.On Sunday, the National Road Safety Council formed a committee headed by former shipping minister Shajahan to make a report to bring back order to roads.
Shajahan is also the chief of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' Federation.His remarks and smiling face in response to a query on deaths of two students in the Airport Road crash last year triggered criticism amid the student protests for safe roads. He apologized later.
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