A meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) on October 12 will decide the fate of its presidium member Abdul Latif Siddique, now under fire for his derogatory remarks on hajj, Tablig Jamaat and the Prime Minister’s son.
The meeting will begin at 6.30 pm at Prime Minister’s official residence Ganobhaban with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina in the chair, said a press release on Saturday.
Party sources said the meeting will decide the fate of embattled AL presidium member Abdul Latif Siddique.
At a press conference here on Friday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Latif will be removed from the cabinet.
On the party steps against Latif, the Awami League President said, “The (AL) working committee will take a decision on Latif Siddique’s fate as the AL believes in practicing democracy as per its constitution.”
On September 28, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui at a views-exchange meeting with expatriates from Tangail on Sunday in the USA said, “During hajj, so much manpower is wasted. Over 20 lakh people have gone to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj. They’ve no work, no production and they only cause deduction.”
“Some 20 lakh Tablig Jamaat people get together annually who don’t do any work except halting traffic movement across the country,” he added.
About Prime Minister’s son, Latif Siddique also said, “Who’s Joy? He’s no one of Bangladesh government. He can give advice but it’s the government that takes decisions.”
Source: UNB.com.bd
