Amid lobbying by means of deputy commissioners in the hunt for switch from their as soon as desired publish, the intervening time govt the day prior to this transferred 25 of them.

The intervening time govt has additionally been going through drive from officials, who really feel they had been “discriminated towards” right through the Awami League-led govt, and need to be DCs.

The officials are in the hunt for switch from the most often coveted publish of DCs as a result of lots of them were fearing assaults and embarrassment following the ouster of the Hasina-led govt on August 5.

Many DCs say they’re receiving threats over the telephone.

Within the tumultuous weeks resulting in the autumn of the former govt, legislation enforcers and Awami League supporters opened fireplace on protesters in lots of puts. When the mass rebellion peaked and the federal government fell, govt amenities and officials had been attacked by means of locals in lots of puts.

DCs are the pinnacle of civil management within the districts. Since Monday, the DCs oversee the Zila Parishad and college managing committees.

A most sensible officer of the general public management ministry, soliciting for anonymity, stated, “The location in native management has created a disaster, particularly for the reason that govt’s precedence is to care for law-and-order.”

The DC from a southern district who used to be transferred the day prior to this, informed this newspaper that he used to be so relieved that he would have fun by means of distributing sweetmeat price a number of hundreds. 

“I may now not take the drive anymore,” he stated.

The Ministry of Public Management ultimate evening issued a notification declaring that the DCs of Dhaka, Sylhet, Habiganj, Mymensingh, Magura, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Naogaon, Natore, Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Noakhali, Gazipur, Cumilla, Moulvibazar, Khulna, Gopalganj, Faridpur, Sherpur, Kushtia, Jhenaidah, Pabna, Bogura, Joypurhat and Chandpur have been transferred.

As of ultimate evening, no DCs had been appointed to those districts.

A number of mavens on civil management stated they’ve by no means observed such a lot of DCs getting transferred in a single move. 

INSECURE AND AFRAID

On Sunday, activists of a number of pupil organisations entered the DC place of job in Jhenaidah and overtly accused DC SM Rafiqul Islam of performing like an Awami League supporter and taking bribes.

Rafiqul then sought a three-day go away whilst the scholars surrounded him.

After the autumn of the AL govt, the place of abode of Mymensingh DC used to be ransacked. Workplaces of upazila nirbahi officials and assistant commissioners had been vandalised in Cumilla, Bhola, Sunamganj, Narsingdi and Chuadanga, officers stated.

A number of most sensible officers stated that knowledge referring to many DC’s earlier involvement in Chhatra League had been spreading.

“That is striking extra drive on them. We heard that during some instances, sure colleagues of the DCs are giving the guidelines to native scholars,” stated a most sensible authentic of the general public management ministry.

Many former bureaucrats say the former govt’s appointed DCs are seemed to be with reference to the ruling celebration.

A most sensible public management ministry officer stated, “Political issues was once a decisive think about govt appointments. Only a few officials had been appointed only as a result of their professionalism, advantage, and {qualifications}.”

In July 2023, lower than six months sooner than the ultimate common election, the federal government appointed 30 DCs. Seven of them labored as non-public secretaries to other ministers.

As of the day prior to this morning, no less than 17 DCs had in the past labored as PS to other ministers of AL governments.

Beneath the AL govt, officials of the twenty fifth batch of BCS confronted probably the most discrimination as a result of they had been recruited right through the BNP-led govt. Now they’re lobbying for the publish of DCs.

An officer of the twenty fifth batch stated, “Many just right officials of our batch didn’t even you should be DCs beneath the former govt. Now, we have an interest.

“If corrupt officials who behave like celebration cadres are positioned around the nation, the federal government will likely be harmed. This can be a other more or less govt. We’d like environment friendly and truthful officials who aren’t partisan.”

Former cupboard secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan stated, “DCs will have to be truthful and environment friendly. Appointment to the posts must be made on particular issues, particularly because of the risky scenario.”

Neither the cupboard secretary nor the general public management senior secretary might be reached for remark.