Khulna:Whip of the National Parliament and lawmaker of the Khulna-3 constituency, Rakibul Islam Bakul, has extended financial assistance to every Durga Puja mandap located in the Daulatpur and Aranghata police station areas within his constituency.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Bakul also offered new clothes as gifts to the presidents, general secretaries, and priests of the temple committees. The distribution of financial aid and gifts to all mandaps was carried out by his personal representatives throughout Thursday, in celebration of Sharadiya Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for the Hindu community.
Kazi Mahmud Ali and Chowdhury Shafiqul Islam Hossain, the convener and member secretary of the Durga Puja Monitoring Committee of Khulna city BNP, exchanged greetings on Whip Bakul's behalf during the distribution event. They conveyed warm greetings and congratulations to the Hindu community members in Daulatpur, Aranghata, and other areas of Khulna-3 for the occasion of Durga Puja.
Bakul sought prayers and blessings from people of all walks of life, expressing his desire to continue serving them in the future. The event was attended by members of the city BNP's Durga Puja Monitoring Committee, including Sazzad Ahsan Parag, engineer Satyananda Dutta, advocate Satyajit Saha, engineer Amit Kanti Ghosh, Shyamal Kumar Roy, Biplab Bhowmik, and Ujjal Das. Leaders of the Puja Udjapan Parishad, such as Madhab Chandra Rudra, Ajay Kumar Dey, Chaitanya Kundu, and Pratul Sarkar, were also present at the event.