Staff Reporter :
A Supreme Court lawyer on Thursday served a legal notice on Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, requesting him (Shajahan) to explain within 24 hours under what authority he has been holding the post of Executive President of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation.
Advocate Aklas Uddin Bhuiyan sent the legal notice saying that holding the office of Executive President of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation (Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation) is contradictory to the Constitution of the republic.
He said, in the legal notice that Shajahan Khan was elected a Member of Parliament unopposed in the election held on January 5, 2014 and he took oath as a Minister on January 12 the same year.
As a minister, he cannot hold any post of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation, as this organisation is a collective bargaining agent (CBA), he said in the legal notice.
He said, in the legal notice that the CBA is supposed to bargain with the government about the facilities of the workers and to take action against the workers if he or she is found violating discipline.
As a Minister of the government, Shajahan Khan being elected the Executive President of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation acted against the Constitution and as such it is morally questionable, the SC lawyer said in the legal notice.
Advocate Aklas told the reporters that he would move a writ petition with the High Court seeking necessary order if Shajahan Khan does not reply to the legal notice served on him in 24 hours.
