e-News® | The NEWS Company… KUSHTIA, July 19, 2014 – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu today asked the US envoy to suggest BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia shunning militancy, patronising Jamaat-Hefazat and avoiding violence before suggesting her to take part in election.
“We hope the US envoy in Bangladesh would give suggestion to the BNP chairperson to avoid violence and support for the Jamaat- e-Islami first before giving suggestion to participate in the election”, said the minister who is also the president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD).
The minister came up with this comment at Kushtia Circuit house here this morning while he replying to a quarry on the recent comment made by newly appointed US ambassador in Bangladesh Bernicat on holding election on January 5. “We will preserve the constitutional processes of the country and we need no help from the diplomats in this regard, he said, adding that but why those diplomats did not make any question when Begum Zia created atrocities in the country by burnt people to death and waging violence.”
Deputy commissioner of Kushtia Syed Belal Hossain, Police Super Mafiz Uddin Ahmed, JSD Kushtia unite president Golam Mohsin, general secretary Abdul Alim Shawpan, organizing secretary Asit Sing Roy, Women Alliance leader Afroza Haq Rina, among others, were present at the function. Later, the minister inaugurated the newly constructed Mirpur Upazila Auditorium complex at 11.30am today.