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Human chain formed protesting extra tax in Ishwardi


Published : 29 Sep 2024 09:23 PM

A human chain was formed and a protest meeting was held to protest against the imposed additional taxes in 2024-25 fiscal year in Ishwardi Municipality.

The human chain and the street meeting were organized under the banner of Socheton Nogorbashi Forum at 11:00am on Sunday in front of gate no. 1 of Ishwardi market in Pabna.

After the human chain programme, a street meeting was held. Socheton Nogorbashi Forum convener and college teacher AFM Rajibul Alam presided over the meeting. Nagarbashi Forum poet member secretary Jewel Hossain Sohag, poet and writer Hakke Mahmudul Haque, Rajib Hasan Rizvi, Manjuara Begum, Rehana Begum, and others spoke at the meeting. People from various walks of life participated in this program.

During the meeting, the speakers said that the recently removed mayor of Ishwardi municipality imposed taxes by increasing it several times, without considering the financial capacity of the citizens. Taxes were raised abnormally in the 2023-24 fiscal year, and the former mayor further increased them by three to four times. They said that good governance has now begun in the country. 

They expressed hope that the newly appointed municipal administrator will immediately revoke all the increased municipal taxes.

The speakers urged the immediate acceptance of their three-point demands. These demands were reinstating the taxes set for the 2023-24 fiscal year, publishing all types of tax lists on websites and in print media, and conducting a proper investigation into the irregularities, corruption, and waste of the municipality over the past 10 years, along with bringing the culprits to justice.

After the street meeting concluded, a memorandum with the three-point demand was submitted to the newly appointed administrator of Ishwardi Municipality and Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Subir Kumar Dash.