Some general members of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Wednesday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the federation board including the president to step down.
The general members urged that the temporary government dissolve the FBCCI board and appoint an administrator if the current directors and president did not quit by the deadline.
This demand was made by a group of FBCCI general members who formed a human chain in front of the FBCCI Building in the capital’s Motijheel.
Abul Kashem Haider, coordinator of the human chain, said that the current board of FBCCI should resign within 48 hours. “If they do not resign within this period, I urge the chief adviser to the interim government to dissolve the board and appoint an administrator.”
He claimed that the FBCCI has been turned into a political institution, and ordinary members are unable to speak out on any topic.
“To please the former Government (Awami League Government), the leaders of the FBCCI assisted in increasing the price of per unit gas from Taka 15 to Taka 30. That’s why the industries have become unstable. The banking sector has been ruined due to S Alam’s looting. And yet, the businessmen are not getting loans,” he alleged.