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Suranjit asks Khaleda to quit
[Bangla Daily Star] Suranjit Sengupta, minister without portfolio, yesterday asked BNP Chairperson  Khaleda ZiaThree-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... to relinquish her post as leader of the opposition owing to her absence at parliament sessions. "Moudud Ahmed, you along with your party chief (Khaleda Zia) should set an example by stepping down from the posts you hold in parliament," he said at a discussion at the Central Public Library in the capital. His remark came in response to BNP leader Moudud's statement on Friday that Home Minister Shahara Khatun should resign for failing to discharge her duties properly. "Police committed excesses. The home minister has regretted recent incidents of police assault on journalists and still they [members of the opposition] want her to step down," he said. Like the government, the opposition party is also accountable for its action. So Khaleda should take the responsibility for not performing her duties as leader of the opposition in parliament, he added. Suranjit, a big shot of the ruling party, was speaking as chief guest at a discussion, "Educationist Prof Razia Matin's contributions to materialising ideals of Bangabandhu", organised by Bangamata Gay Pareehad. Prof Razia Matin along with her husband Prof Abdul Matin Chowdhury were the very first people who had demanded the trial of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members immediately after their brutal murders in 1975. "The couple were among those who dared to face danger in their efforts to uphold the truth," said AAMS Arefin Siddique, vice-chancellor of Dhaka University. "Prof Razia Matin and her husband late Prof Matin were respectable members of the Dhaka University family," the VC, also a presidium member of Bangamata Gay Pareehad, added. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-03 |
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