Sarjis Alam, the northern organizer of the National Citizens Party (NCP), has questioned the use of Tk 1 million allocated for the poor in the Panchagarh-1 constituency. The allocation came from a government fund distributed to every Member of Parliament ahead of Eid. Sarjis raised the issue on Wednesday through a Facebook post, asking where the money for Panchagarh-1 had gone.

In his post, Sarjis referred to Hasnat Abdullah, the chief organizer of the NCP and an 11-party alliance candidate from Comilla-4, noting that Abdullah had publicly accounted for his constituency’s allocation. Sarjis contrasted this with the lack of transparency in Panchagarh-1. The NCP leader previously contested the 13th parliamentary election held on February 12 from Panchagarh-1, where he received 168,049 votes under the Shaplakoli symbol, while his opponent, Naushad Jamir, won with 186,189 votes under the Paddy Sheaf symbol.

The post has drawn attention to questions of transparency and accountability regarding the distribution of government funds for Eid assistance.