Bulbul wins one-sided election, becomes BCB president again

Sports Desk

Everything was fine before. Even the voting ended on Friday night at a hotel in the capital. Although the official date of the election was Monday, there was no excitement due to the boycott. Aminul Islam Bulbul won first and then became the director and president.

The election of directors and president was held at Hotel Sonargaon on Monday. After selecting a total of 25 directors, Bulbul became the president. No one ran against Bulbul for the position.

Election details

Bulbul and Fahim were elected as the Dhaka Division Director from Category-1 (District and Division) with 15 votes each. There was no doubt about Bulbul and Fahim’s victory as another candidate in their category, Fuad Redwan, had boycotted the election the previous day.

On the other hand, former BCB president Farooq, who was ousted for corruption, was elected from Category-2 (Dhaka Metropolis Club) with 42 votes. He also returned to the board in alliance with the usurper Yunus Sarkar.

Previous board members Iftekhar Rahman Mithu and Manjur Alam were also re-elected from the club category, receiving 34 and 39 votes respectively.

In addition, Ishtiaq Sadeq (42), Adnan Rahman Dipan (40), Fayazur Rahman (42), Abul Bashar (40), Amjad Hossain (40), Shahnian Tanim (42), Mokshedul Kamal (41), M Nazmul Islam (37) and Mehrab Alam Chowdhury (41) are the other nine directors elected from the club category.

Moreover, Mukhlesur Rahman was elected from Rajshahi division and Hasanuzzaman from Rangpur division.
Meanwhile, in Category-3, former Bangladesh captain Khaled Masud Pilot was elected by defeating Jahangirnagar University councilor Debabrata Pal by 35-7 votes.

The National Sports Council (NSC) has nominated Ishfaq Ahsan and Yasir Mohammad Faisal Ashiq as directors to complete the list of 25 directors.

There were 12 positions in the club category. When Tamim Iqbal’s panel withdrew due to allegations of government interference and irregularities in the election, there were 17 candidates. Of those 17, three more withdrew from the election later. Of the 14 people in the election, two more were dummy candidates. So, the news that 12 people were becoming directors was also known a few days ago.

Since they were all in Bulbul’s circle, he was certain to become the president. The election is basically a drama.