Campaign Against Corruption.

Corruption in its all shades and colour, is the illegal tool of accumulating illegal wealth depriving people which creates inequality and social injustice. Corruption destroys social order, rule of law and all good governance efforts. Corruption and the corrupts are the enemies of the people and the society in any country. That is why fighting corruption and installing honesty is a pre condition for good governance for ensuring human rights, human dignity, equality and social justice for better living condition of the majority of the suffering people of the developing nations.
Though the methodology used by Transparency International (TI) to measure corruption has been subject to many questions, yet holding the first position in Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 5 consecutive years has tarnished the image of Bangladesh, and in such a situation majority of the citizens did not know what to do and how to start a fight against this man made tool of exploitation called corruption. Under such oppressive corrupt governance and social system conscious citizens attempted to raise voice against this evil through the media or different civil societies organizations by organizing round table meeting, seminars and press conference. The media played an active role in this regard.

But to utter surprise we have come to realize that the corrupt nexus effectively and skillfully started to muzzle the press. Laws should be enacted to protect the media from law suits and injunctive actions from businesses and politicians who use the courts to muzzle the press. Also they could defuse the citizens’ movement against corruption by polluting a part of the media. If one investigates into the manifold increase in financial wealth and asset of some journalist like some corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and businessman one can easily figure out the grave situation.

Besides the voice of the people against corruption was further distracted, diluted and confused by the corrupt syndicates by establishing and launching dozens of news papers and electronic channels to be owned and controlled by them to protect them.
In such a desperate situation like many other citizens as a pen soldier I felt that I should engage myself in combating corruption through silent, non-violent ways and means by organizing professionals such as doctors, lawyers, university teachers, engineers, architects, IT experts, honest civil servants, executives of banks, corporations and private business, Business leaders of trade bodies. To give momentum to our movement against corruption we formed collaboration with organizations like Rotary, Rotarect and Chamber of commerce and NGO to ensure wider participation and increased pressure to address the problem of eradicating corruption.