Rest system of Ansars no more: Home Advisor

Adviser on Home Affairs Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said, we have discussed with the three advisers and other colleagues and have reached a decision that from now on there will be no 'rest system' in Ansar.

After a meeting with the protesting Ansar members at the secretariat on Sunday afternoon, he informed about this decision.

The Home Affairs Adviser said that a committee will be made at the same time on other demands. This committee will review everything and send a report to us. We will take a decision based on that report.

In response to a question about the 'rest system' in Ansar, he said that after every three years of service, Ansar members have to take six months of rest. After this six months they joined again. These six months they have to live a very inhumane life. The process is being worked on how to regularize their jobs by canceling this practice from the recruitment rules. They will make a recommendation within the next seven days with four representatives from among ordinary Ansars.

At that time, information advisor Nahid Islam said, since a committee has been formed, a decision will be taken after trial and analysis. We have a national crisis going on. We have a lot of work to do. Even during this time of crisis, this recommendation committee will judge and analyze everything and decide. We will discuss the problems of the Ansar brothers and arrive at a logical solution. However, initially it has been decided to cancel their 'rest practice'.

Ansar members suspended the movement after the assurance of the Home Affairs Adviser. Ansar nationalization movement coordinator Nasir Mia said, 'The movement is being suspended. Everyone will go back to work.'

Ansar members have been agitating for the last few days for several demands including nationalization of jobs. Their movement caused severe traffic jams on various roads of the capital. Common people suffer a lot.

At one stage of the movement on Sunday, Ansar members entered the secretariat, the heart of the administration, ignoring obstacles. At this time, they started raising slogans to demand. Later, the Home Affairs Advisor sat in discussion with their representatives. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.

Bangladesh /MP