PM apprises president of ongoing situation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with President Abdul Hamid today at the Bangabhaban. Photo: PID
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this evening apprised President Abdul Hamid of the ongoing situation of the country.
She also discussed with the president about the funeral of South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandel where Hamid is going to attend.
President's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the over one-hour meeting that started around 6:30pm at Bangabhaban, the president’s office-cum-residence.
As the president has just returned home after his medical check-up from Singapore, the premier enquired the president about his health, he added.
In the meeting, Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam accompanied Hasina, also president of the ruling party.
The country is undergoing an alarming violent phase of demonstration and a shadow looms on the January 5 parliamentary polls.
With the election less than a month away, Jatiya Party, a key ally of the ruling AL until recently, announced of boycotting the polls saying that it would not be acceptable if all parties do not join.
All six JP ministers and an adviser to the PM have sent their resignation letters to prime minister.
Ershad on Wednesday, also instructed his party’s aspirant lawmakers to withdraw their nomination for the 10th parliamentary election.
Analysts believe the polls will be hardly be credible with main opposition BNP and its allies in keep off the polls and JP’s recent decision to break away from the polls-time government.
The JP, meantime, demanded that the Election Commission to announce fresh schedule for the next general election so that all political parties participate in the polls.
Visiting UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco yesterday met the PM and sought to know from Hasina if there was any scope for deferring the polls date. To this, Hasina said the Election Commission could decide on that.
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