The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) yesterday declared names of 21 elected members of its executive committee, but ten of them belonging to green panel refused to accept the results stating that the election procedure was not rightly followed.

Addressing a press conference at a local hotel, the dissident members said as per election articles of REHAB the election result was to be officially announced on April 18, but the Election Commission chief announced the result yesterday violating the article, said Mokarram Husain Khan, one of the dissident elected member of the executive committee.

He said that secret ballot is a fundamental right of every member and this process is universally accepted as the most fair from of election. Unfortunately, due to reasons unknown to us, the election was staged with the 'show of hands'. We vehemently protest this system, he said.

He told the pressmen the election results were unacceptable to them for tempering the due procedure.

We shall take the help of law of the land against this irregular practice of election.

The dissident ten members are Mokarram Husain Khan. M.G.R. Nasir, Shahriar Kamal. Major(Ret) Jamshed Hassan. Psc, MD. Wahiduzzaman, Ahmed Riad Momen, Rezaul Karim Khan, Syed Abubakar Siddique. Anisur Rahman Khan, Sultana Shaheda Islam.

The Green Panel won 10 posts of director out of total 21 posts in the first ever election of REHAB. Tanvirul Haq Probal was elected new president of REHAB. The ten other newly elected directors are Nasrul Hamid, Md Abdur Rahim Khan, Sayed Nazrul Biddut, Ln Khalled Mohammed Jewel Mollah, Mohammed Akter Biswas, Murad Iqbal Chowdhury, Mizanur Rahman Dewan, Md mohsin Miah, Arshi Haider.

Moazzem Hussain Khan, former president of REHAB belonging to Nobodhara panel, was defeated in the election. He contested the post of president.

Out of total 354 REHAB members, 318 members cast their votes .50 candidates were in the race for 21 posts in the election, which was held for the first time since its establishment 16 years ago.