Joy has hired a lobbyist in the United States for 2 lakh dollars
October 3, 20242 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajib Wazed Joy has hired a lobbyist in the United States in exchange for $200,000. Sajib Wazed, Chief Executive Officer of Wazed Inc. has signed an agreement with Robert Streck, chairman of Streak Global Diplomacy, in this regard. On behalf of Awami League, the organization will present the recent situation in Bangladesh to the US executive and judiciary. The duration of the contract is 6 months.

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The political arena is often active in the discussion of the appointment of lobbyists on various issues of Bangladesh in the United States. For a decade and a half, several top leaders of Awami League, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, complained that BNP-Jamaat had hired lobbyists to spread US influence in Bangladesh politics.

Sheikh Hasina left the country and fled to India on August 5. Top leaders of Awami League on the run-arrested. Sheikh Hasina's son and former Prime Minister's ICT advisor Sajib Wazed Joy has appointed a lobbyist in the United States to resolve the situation. His agreement with Streak Global Diplomacy was published on the website of the US Department of Justice.

According to the files, the lobbyist firm will present the recent situation of Bangladesh to the US policy makers on behalf of Awami League. Where it will cost two hundred thousand dollars. This agreement was signed on September 12 last for 6 months.

In 2004, Sajib Wazed Joy made his first contract with a lobbyist firm named 'Alcatel & Fa'. Where it was said that BNP is working to spread militancy. Awami League will suppress it if it comes to power. And in 2019, BNP signed an agreement with several lobbyist firms including Bluestar Strategies. On their behalf, it is alleged that Awami League is killing democracy.

Lobbyist firm is one of the means to capture the market of clothing or any product made from the tea market in the United States. At least 376 lobbyist files on the Bangladesh issue were found on the country's Justice Department website.