Abrar Hussain of DOT
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud thanked Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday for realizing the ‘mistake’ that Jatiya Oikyafront had made by incorporating Jamaat-e-Islami in the 11th parliamentary election.
“I would like to thank Dr Kamal Hossain for realizing their political mistake,” he told reporters at the Secretariat.
On Saturday, Oikyafront Convener Dr. Kamal said it was a mistake on the part of his party Gonoforum to have joined the December 30 polls with Jamaat leaders contesting under the alliance banner.
Hasan Mahmud further said that the JOF will make another mistake if their elected candidates do not take the oath to join the 11th Parliament.
“I hope they will realize it and join the parliament by taking the oath of office,” said the minister.
“A party is trying to drag the country backwards. I think no conspiracy against the country will work,” he added.
Responding to a question about the recently enacted Digital Security Act, he said that the government will work on it so that no panic remains among the journalists about the act.