Staff Reporter:
Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Fahmida Khatun said that the res-ignation of Tulip Siddiq from the post of UK treasury and anti -corruption minister was inevitable.
“Various allegations against Tulip, including financial scandals, were becoming more and more intense. She has delayed her resignation. If the allegations are proven, she will have to step down from his post as an MP. She may even lose his membership of the Labour Party,” Dr Fahmida said yesterday.
She spoke as the chief guest at a seminar titled ‘What to do to increase expatriate income’ and a reception for the winning team of the ‘International Migrants Day Debate Competition.’
“Tulip is a member of a political party in another country. She is not a citizen of Bangladesh, not even a common citizen. How did she represent Bangladesh in Russia with the Prime Minister’s (former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) aunt?,” Dr Fahmida said.
Calling for proper respect for expatriates, she said the high commissions abroad and banks must be more sincere in serving expatriates. “In the expatriate lounges at the airport should serve food which the expatriates are used to eating. They (expatriates) are valuable assets for the country so they need to be properly nurtured.”
Debate for Democracy Chairman Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron delivered a presentation at the event.
Among others, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Belal Hoss-ain, Debating Society Moderator Prof Dr Md Tajul Islam Chowdhury Tuhin, Prof Dr Jahangir Alam and Prof Dr Kazi Ahsan Habib, and Begum Badrunnesa Women’s College Principal Prof Ta-manna Begum.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Debating Society organised the event.
