DHAKA, Aug 22, 2021 (BSS) - Information and Broadcasting Minister
and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said
the foundation of the Bangladesh Awami League are deeply rooted in the
country while the BNP has no ground under its feet.

  He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters on
contemporary issues at the meeting room of his ministry at the
Secretariat here this afternoon.

  Responding to a recent statement of BNP secretary general Mirza
Fakhrul Islam Alamgir that Awami League is losing soil beneath its
feet, Hasan said the roots of Bangladesh Awami League has deepened
here.

  He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a daughter of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, formed the government in
2009 after being elected with a landslide victory, taking a massive
public support.

  "The BNP also participated in the subsequent general elections and
you saw what results it secured. The BNP could not even sit in the
seat of the main opposition party," the AL joint general secretary
said.

  In fact, he said, the soil has been removed from under the BNP's
feet, so Fakhrul is talking like "empty vessel sounds much". "Their
politics is limited within talks," he added.

  Replying to an allegation of BNP, Hasan said the government does not
push the law enforcing agencies to oppress BNP but it has been
observing that when police takes action against anyone of BNP because
of his or her personal moral degradation or criminal offense, the BNP
tries to politicise it, which is not fair at all.

 About the Barishal incident, he said: "The issue of Barishal is more
localised. Rapid legal action has been taken there. However, the
matter is under investigation. The probe will reveal the fact. I don't
think there is necessary to say more until the probe is completed."

  Later, the information minister virtually joined a meeting organised
by the National Institute of Mass Communication, marking the National
Mourning Day.

  State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Murad Hassan and
Information and Broadcasting Secretary Mokbul Hossain, among others,
spoke at the meeting with Director General of the National Institute
of Mass Communication Shahin Islam in the chair.