Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (translation: Citizens for Good Governance) (SHUJAN) is an organization in Bangladesh. The word SHUJAN, is a Bengali word. It came from an sentence "Shushanar Janniya Nagorik – SHUJAN". The headquarter of this organization located in Mohammadpur, Dhaka.[1]
| Formation | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | shujan |
History
editSHUJAN was founded in 2002.[2] Badiul Alam Majumdar is the founding secretary of Shujan.[3]
In October 2022, Shujan said that it would be not possible for a political government in Bangladesh to hold a fair election using the by-elections from Gaibandha-5 as an example.[4][5] Badiul Alam Majumdar denied allegations by the chief election commission, KM Nurul Huda, that he criticised the Election Commission after failing to get a job from the commission.
Goals and objectives
editSHUJAN's goals and objectives are to create a good government around the country. It focuses mainly for creating a democratic country.[1] Often, they arrange some meetings, press conference for gaining their goals and drawing attention.[6] They try to show the lacking of election system in the country. And also they give suggestions to election commission or authority for creating a pure democratic country.[7] Not only SHUJAN tries to create good government but also it tries to solve social issues.[8] They often work with other organizations.[2]
Structure
editThere are four parts of SHUJAN. They are central, district, upazila and union. Central committee plays an important role by taking decisions, work plan and future initiatives.[1] The Current secretary of SHUJAN is Badiul Alam Majumdar.[7] Current central coordinator of this organization is Dilip Kumar Sharkar.[9]
Governing body
edit| Name | Position | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| M Hafizuddin Khan | President | [10] |
| Hameeda Hossain | Vice-president | [10] |
| Badiul Alam Majumdar | Editor | [10] |
| Zakir Hossain | Associate Editor | [10] |
| Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed | Treasurer | [10] |
| Justice Md. Abdul Mateen | Member | [10] |
| Syed Abul Maksud | Member | [10] |
| Professor Dr. Tofail Ahmed | Member | [10] |
| Ali Imam Majumdar | Member | [10] |
| Shahdeen Malik | Member | [10] |
| Rizwana Hasan | Member | [10] |
| Professor Robaet Ferdous | Member | [10] |
| Dr. Shahnaz Huda | Member | [10] |
| Engineer Musbah Alim | Member | [10] |
| Professor M Sikandar Khan | Member | [10] |
| Principal Zafar Imam | Member | [10] |
| Farooq Mahmud Chowdhury | Member | [10] |
| Safiuddin Ahmed | Member | [10] |
| Akbar Hossain | Member | [10] |
| Md. Mukarram Hossain | Member | [10] |
| Professor Gazi Zahid Hossain | Member | [10] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Guiding Principles of SHUJAN". shujan.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Government Accountability in Bangladesh". The Hunger Project. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Shujan flays EC's move over law for political parties' registration". Dhaka Tribune. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Free, fair polls not possible under partisan govt: Shujan". The Daily Star. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Impossible for EC to monitor 45k centres through CCtvs in national polls: Shujan". The Business Standard. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Shujan calls for 'no vote', army for polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ a b "There will be dire consequences for the country if we have another controversial polls". Dhaka Tribune. UNB. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "ASK, Shujan concerned over NSU teacher missing". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Zila parishad polls spoil electoral system: Shujan". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u কেন্দ্রীয় কার্যনির্বাহী কমিটি. SHUJAN (in Bengali). 6 January 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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