2024-03-20 14:47:12
In the election of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Film Artists Association for the period of 2022-2024, the actor Simedan lost in the Kanchan-Nipuna panel. Later the border was taken by co-opting the vacant position of the committee. The member of the executive council claimed that they could not work because of Ilyas Kanchan, the president of the organization. However, this time the border will not hold the election of artists’ association.
Shimandar told RisingBD that he will not participate in the elections of the artists’ association this year.
He said as the reason for this, he could not work for the members. What will I answer when asking for votes now? I can not answer the questions of members. So I am not choosing this time.
Earlier, Shimandar told RisingBD that nothing can be done without the president’s permission. When asked by our artists, I voted for you with much hope. what have you done In fact, there is no mouth to speak. Actually nothing was done like that, could not be done. There was no program after Eid. I told them, the initiative was taken to hold the event. But the president did not agree.’
Earlier, the Misha-Zayed Committee used to perform sacrifices for artistes at FDC for the past few years and deliver the meat to the artistes’ homes. The current committee stopped offering sacrifices to FDC. Artists have to face questions about this issue. Mentioning the matter, Shimanda said, ‘Why was the cow not slaughtered in the sacrifice? Such questions have to be faced. We also wanted the cow to be slaughtered. We could not do it because of our president’s objection.’
Elections for the 2024-26 term of Shilpi Samiti are scheduled to be held on April 27. It was already known that Ilyas Kanchan will not contest the next election. Elias Kanchan said at the annual banquet of Shilpi Samiti that he is leaving Shilpi Samiti with great sadness.