Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik

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]

Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik
Formation2002
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websiteshujan.org

History

SHUJAN 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

SHUJAN'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

There 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
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
  1. "Guiding Principles of SHUJAN". shujan.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. "Government Accountability in Bangladesh". The Hunger Project. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
  3. "Shujan flays EC's move over law for political parties' registration". Dhaka Tribune. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. Staff Correspondent (23 October 2022). "Free, fair polls not possible under partisan govt: Shujan". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. "Impossible for EC to monitor 45k centres through CCtvs in national polls: Shujan". The Business Standard. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. "Shujan calls for 'no vote', army for polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. "There will be dire consequences for the country if we have another controversial polls". Dhaka Tribune. UNB. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  8. "ASK, Shujan concerned over NSU teacher missing". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  9. "Zila parishad polls spoil electoral system: Shujan". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  10. "কেন্দ্রীয় কার্যনির্বাহী কমিটি". সুজন- সুশাসনের জন্য নাগরিক. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2022.


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