AL serves show cause notice on Latif
Awami League has served a show cause notice asking former minister Abdul Latif Siddique to explain why he would not be ousted from the party in view of his remarks demeaning hajj.
The show cause notice was issued today via a registered post, the party’s Deputy Office Secretary Mrinal Kanti Das told The Daily Star. “The notice has been sent to Latif’s house in Kalihati upazila of Tangail.”
Latif was sacked from his ministerial position, stripped from his presidium post at the Awami League and his party’s primary membership suspended on Sunday.
His “derogatory” remarks on hajj, Tablighi Jamaat, premier’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and journalists at a programme in the United States on September 28 sparked widespread criticism both at home and abroad.
Latif served as the minister for jute and textiles in the preceding term of the Awami League during 2009-2013. During that term, he sold out 47 jute mills and factories at throwaway prices and even gave away some free.
He was made the minister for posts, telecommunications and information ministry after the Awami League came to power in 2014. However, he could not sustain his position for a year.
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