He alleged that people are suffering for want of food but BNP leaders are oblivious of their plight. He claimed that freedom fighter Nabo Kanto of Dhoba Danga village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila 'committed suicide due to starvation'. Noor is a lawmaker from Nilphamari Sadar constituency.

The Awami League leader was addressing a gathering while distributing rice on Tuesday among people in Dingding Para village, the area in Sadar upazila worst affected by monga (near famine situation) and diarrhoea.

He alleged that Milon and other ruling party leaders paid several visits to the district and held public meetings during good days. But they are absent in bad days.

Noor said that at a recent press conference at Nilphamari, he had urged the government to declare Nilphamari district a distressed area. "I also urged the Prime Minister to visit the district and to see the sufferings of the people. But she did not respond", he regretted.

Noor alleged that he, as a lawmaker from the area, did not get any allotment of rice to distribute among the distressed. But the two ruling party MPs from the district are getting huge quantities of food grains and money for relief, he claimed.

Noor distributed four kilograms of rice among each of 700 distress families in the village from his own funds. Awami League will start relief distribution in the monga affected areas in Nilpgamari after the Eid, he told the gathering.