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Rokeya Begum deprive of allowance

Rokeya Begum, a helpless women of Chandpur Kalyanpur Union, deprived from old allowance at the age of 70 .The same victim is his 96 year old mother Tafuri Begum.

She has a helpless ill mother and two daughters.She lost her husband many years ago. Somehow helpless Rokeya Begum started begging for her elderly mother and two daughters.

On one hand,the widow herself was helpless.So she started begging .But no one helped Rokeya Begum by extending her hands of sympathy. In return, she received a reprimand and a false ressurances.

Rokeya Begum said, ‘She has also visited to the local ward member Salamat Khan several times to get an old allowance book. But others, including the ward member, have said that if Rokeya Begum can exchange five thousand taka, then he will be given an allowance book.

But it is hard to Manage five thousand taka for her . And she could not raise allowance book on his forehead as she could not pay the local members and various brokers five thousand taka.

Even though the current government has provided allowances for these helpless people across the country,but they do not get allowances in fact.The elderly Rokeya Begum, deprived from such government allowance and her mother Tafuri Begum.

Therefore, the helpless Rokeya Begum and her mother Tafuri Begum want to enjoy the benefits of the allowance given by the government, so the victim’s family is seeking the intervention of the district administration and local public representative.

When talking to local ward member Salamat Khan about the matter, he was excited and refused to ask for money and said, “If you have the power, then you can give him as much as you want. How many people come to me, how do i give everyone allowance card?”

Correspondent: Kabir Hossain Miji,Dec 30,2019