Staff Reporter : The Mohiuddin-Mukkit Parishad is conducting a strong campaign and public relations campaign for the 2025-2027 term of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA). The candidates of the Mohiuddin-Mukkit Parishad are exchanging views with various private medical college owners and seeking votes with the promise of changing the days in Bangladesh, a revolutionary anti-discrimination movement. At the same time, they are expressing various commitments related to the interests of private medical colleges. As part of the campaign and public relations, the members of the Mohiuddin-Mukkit Parishad are exchanging views with various private medical college authorities of the country.
In the BPMCA executive committee election to be held on July 16, 110 members will vote to elect a 21-member executive committee. A total of two panels, including the Mohiuddin-Mukit Parishad, are participating in this election. From the Mohiuddin-Mukit Parishad, Dr. Sheikh Mohiuddin of Dhaka’s Ad-Din Women’s Medical College and Professor Dr. M. A. Mukit of Sirajganj’s North Bengal Medical College are contesting for the post of president. On the other hand, from the Afroza-Moazzem panel, Munnu Medical College Chairman Afroza Khanam Rita is contesting for the post of president and East-West Medical College Chairman Professor Dr. Md. Moazzem Hossain is contesting for the post of general secretary.
From this council, Md. Hasan of Azgar Ali Medical College, Md. Abdul Jalil of Islami Bank Medical College, Professor Dr. Md. Wes Ahmed Chowdhury of Sylhet Women’s Medical College, Professor Dr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman Patwari of Comilla Central Medical College and Safina Akhter of Bashundhara Ad-Din Medical College are contesting for the post of Vice-President. Professor Dr. Md. Zahurul Haque of Barisal South Apollo Medical College, Professor Dr. Md. Iqbal Masud of Marks Medical College, Nizamuddin Hasan Rashid of United Medical College in Dhaka and Professor Dr. Mohammad Omar Sharif Ibne Hasan of Dhaka Community Medical College are contesting for the post of Joint Secretary. Mohammad Ali of Islami Bank Medical College is contesting for the post of Finance Secretary, and Dr. Muhammad Abdus Sabur of Bashundhara Ad-Din Medical College in Dhaka is contesting for the post of Organizing Secretary.
Professor Dr. Md. Muslim Uddin (Green) of Chittagong International Medical College for the post of Divisional Organizing Secretary (Greater Chittagong Division), Divisional Organizing Secretary (Greater Rajshahi Division) Md. Arman Ali of North Bengal Medical College, Sirajganj, Professor Dr. Syed Musa MA Qayyum of Sylhet North East Medical College, Divisional Organizing Secretary (Greater Sylhet Division), Dr. Md. Emdadul Haque of Jessore Ad-Din Sakina Women’s Medical College, Legal Affairs Secretary, Dr. Mahfuza Jasmine of Khulna Ad-Din Akij Medical College, Education, Culture and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary are contesting . Besides, Md. Fakhrul Islam of Sylhet Women’s Medical College, Shahina Akhtar of Ad-Din Women’s Medical College and Dr. ATM Rezaul Karim of Chittagong International Medical College are contesting for the post of Executive Member.
Elections will be held for a total of 21 posts of the BPMCA Executive Committee, including one for the post of President, one for the post of General Secretary, five for the post of Vice-President, four for the post of Joint Secretary, one for the post of Finance Secretary, one for the post of Organizing Secretary, three for the post of Divisional Organizing Secretary, one for the post of Legal Affairs Secretary, one for the post of Education, Culture and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary and three for the post of Executive Member. To conduct the election, a three-member election board has been formed under the leadership of Dr. Md. Moinul Ahsan.
There are allegations that most of the candidates contesting in this election from the Afroza-Moazzem panel are known to be allies of the fascist Sheikh Hasina government and pro-Awami League. They have destroyed the private medical sector in the last fifteen years. This panel was formed by the Awami League and BNP, who were beneficiaries of the authoritarian government. News of their corruption, looting and financial embezzlement has already been published in various media.
In the election, the Mohiuddin-Mukit Parishad has made various commitments related to the interests of private medical colleges. One of them is to cancel automation in medical student admission, abolish the system of paying the fee set by the government in installments for student admission, introduce a single integrated inspection system for regulatory authorities, cancel the inclusion of regulatory bodies in the medical college board of directors, set the minimum number of seats in private medical colleges to 100, and provide government incentives to private medical colleges that generate foreign exchange.
Dr. Muhammad Abdus Sabur, the candidate for the post of Organizing Secretary of Mohiuddin-Mukita Parishad, said, “It is possible to realize the huge potential of providing quality medical education and health services by creating a favorable environment for private medical colleges in Bangladesh by utilizing the opportunity for change created in Bangladesh by the anti-discrimination July 2024 revolution. This requires our united efforts behind the right leadership. We hope that such a reality will be reflected if Mohiuddin-Mukita Parishad wins. At the same time, all the commitments related to the interests of private medical colleges will be implemented.”