Awami League senior leader Suranjit Sengupta on Friday said prime minster Sheikh Hasina removed Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam from his post for the sake of the country and democracy.
“Who will get which portfolio in the cabinet is the absolute decision of prime minister. She has every rights to make it. It might happen. There is nothing to make a fuss about it….One thing has to be remembered that prime minster Sheikh Hasina has taken the decision for the sake of the country, nation, party and democracy”, he said.
Suranjit, also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law Ministry, came up with the remarks while addressing a discussion organized by Nouka Samarthak Goshti at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh in the city.
He also said, “Syed Ashraf is a veteran and tested politician. A politician like him does not bother whether he is in charge of any ministry or not.”
The former minister also urged government to form a higher probe body and investigate the charge against Liberation War Affairs Secretary MA Hannan for insulting freedom fighter Aiyub Khan in his office.
Freedom fighter Aiyub Khan, 62, former commander of Satkania upazila Muktojoddha Sangshad of Chittagong poisoned himself in the morning on July 7. A handwritten note was found beside his body that read, “After being insulted and pushed away by liberation war affairs ministry secretary M A Hannan, I’m committing suicide,”
Source: Prothom Alo
