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Hasan for finding reason behind Fakhrul’s contradictory statement
DHAKA, Nov 20, 2020 (BSS) – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud
today said the reason behind the contradictory statement of BNP
secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is needed to be
identified.
“Mirza Fakhrul is saying that the government is showing one-party
attitude and then he is also saying that it is not clear whether there
is government in the country. It is necessary to find the reason for
his self-contradictory and inconsistent statement,” he said.
Hasan, also AL joint general secretary, made the remarks while
speaking at a meeting through videoconferencing from his Minto road
official residence here.
Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote and Janatar Prottasha arranged the
meeting at Jatiya Press Club, remembering former deputy speaker and
valiant freedom fighter Col (retd) Shawkat Ali who died at a city
hospital on Monday last.
Speaking as the chief guest, Hasan said the country is advancing
fast under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh, he said, has taken place in the list of a few countries
that achieved positive GDP growth amid the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic, which is lauded around the world.
But a plot against the state has also started as the country making
progress during the pandemic, the information minister added.
During his speech, Hasan prayed for early recovery of BNP senior
joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and wished good health for
Mirza Fakhrul.
At the same time, he urged BNP to find out the reason behind the
inconsistent statements of its secretary general.
Paying deep respect to late Col (retd) Shawkat Ali, the AL joint
general secretary said Shawkat Ali was a freedom fighter, one of the
accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case and a close associate of
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He described Shawkat Ali as one of the key persons in organising the
Awami League after August 15, 1975 and a very popular politician.
Hasan said the death of Shawkat Ali, a role model for the new
generation politicians, is an irreparable loss to the country’s
politics.
Chaired by Janatar Prottasha president MA Karim, the meeting was
addressed, among others, by AL leader advocate Balram Poddar,
vice-president of Muktijoddha Samonnoy Parishad Akram Hossain, adviser
of AL Dhaka South City Unit Minhaz Uddin Minto, general secretary of
Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote Arun Sarkar Rana and president of
Bangabandhu Research Council Lion Md Gani Mia Babul.
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