Jatiya Party Secretary General and Opposition Chief Whip Mujibul Haque Chunnu said in Parliament on Thursday that if the government does not handle irregularities and corruption in the financial sector strictly, the country will become empty.
The opposition MP requested that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina become tough and take stern actions to control such irregularities.
Chunnu said this while participating in an unscheduled discussion in Parliament.
Quoting news reports published in different newspapers, Chunnu said that the financial irregularities of the public university amount to Tk 1,300 crore. Most of the irregularities took place at the National University.
“If the government does not handle them firmly, then the country will become empty.”
Chunnu said that banks have already become empty.
“Surely it has been done through over invoicing and under invoicing,” he said.
“Who is responsible for looking after these? Where will we go? If concerned ministers, including finance and commerce ministers, do not look after these,
Chunnu said Bangladesh Bank has remained silent about looking after such irregularities.
He said: “Money is being laundered through banks, which were mentioned in their report (Bangladesh Bank). What have they done so far? Why could the Bangladesh Bank not control the commercial banks? Don’t they know the price of any item?”
Coming down heavily on the Bangladesh Bank, Chunnu asked: “Don’t they know whether under-invoice or over-invoicing is taking place?”
The JaPa MP also pointed out the tragic death of a child while undergoing circumcision at a city hospital.
He called upon the PM to become tougher to address all these.
“If the government does not become tough, we have nowhere to go. I hope the government will strictly control them and take action in this regard,” he added.
