Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Najmul Abedin said on Sunday that he is mulling the idea of stepping down from his position if he is not allowed to work with freedom in the board.
It was reported that Najmul and BCB president Faruque Ahmed had a clash that prompted him to take such a stance.
“If certain things does not go the way I expect, in that case I will think along the lines of quitting from the position of board director,” Najmul said.
"If there is interference in my work, I might lose interest; it's overall actually, and if things don't go as expected, it is unsatisfactory," he said, adding that he has not informed the board regarding resignation.
Earlier, a private TV channel reported that Faruque insulted him by saying “You are acting like funny. Want to be the board president? Come I will make you!”
Najmul said he is disappointed to see himself treated in such a manner.
“Such a comment, I don’t want to say that but that really disappointed me. He made it clear that he is not taking me that seriously and he was aware of making that comment. The BCB president made a comment about me which I was really disappointed with. Of course I didn’t expect such a comment at all. And that too was in front of a lot of people - people from the ministry, other board directors, even outsiders too,” Najmul was quoted in the TV channel.
“From that, I doubt how much importance the president wants to give to the board directors. Me and him (BCB president) came recently, I thought this would be different. When we were supposed to have a good understanding and work together, the BCB president made such a comment, I don’t know how appropriate that was,” he said.
“Sometimes I feel it’s better if I weren’t in the board because I can’t discuss or have the impact on something from outside the board but not while being inside it. I have to work if I am to stay on board. If I can’t, it’s better for me to stay away. There I can discuss what needs to be done and all. It’s not important for me to stay on board,” he said.
“I think it’s very important to work with freedom to uphold my thinking and what I want to do,” he added.
“We couldn’t form our standing committees yet which made working with authority (like that’s my department) a problem. That’s the mobility which could have been there, hasn’t come yet. I didn’t get the chance to stamp my authority the way I was supposed to,” he concluded.
Bd-Pratidin English/ARK
