The crisis that has arisen around the movement of the officers and employees of Palli Vidyut Samiti, the state institution responsible for supplying electricity to 55 percent of the country’s rural areas, is unexpected and deeply worrying.

Stopping the supply of an essential service like electricity to meet the demands of the officers and employees of the association for various job benefits is in no way acceptable and The leaders of the Chittagong Division and City Committee of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), the national representative organization of the country’s consumers, have commented as traitors.

At the same time, he called on the interim government to take strict action to bring order if necessary, without yielding to such unethical pressure to force and hold the people hostage.

A statement sent to the media on Sunday (October 20, 2024 AD) was signed by CAB Central Committee Vice President SM Nazer Hossain, CAB Chittagong Divisional General Secretary Kazi Iqbal Bahar Chhaberi, CAB Mahanagar President Jasmine Sultana Paru, General Secretary Ajay Mitra Shanku, CAB Chittagong South District President Alhaj Abdul Mannan, Cab Jubo Group Chittagong Divisional President Chowdhury KNM Riad, Cab Jubo Group Chittagong Metropolitan President Abu Hanif Noman. News release.