A competition is underway among claimants over credit for the July mass uprising in parliament, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit said today, while also criticising the body language of some opposition MPs.
“However, after 5 August, Begum Khaleda Zia and current Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman never claimed credit for the mass uprising,” the state minister said while taking part in the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s speech on Wednesday.
Amit, elected from Jashore-3 (Sadar) constituency, said that in the anti-autocracy movement, over 700 BNP members were forcibly disappeared, more than 5,000 leaders and activists were killed extrajudicially, and nearly 50 lakh leaders and activists faced false cases.
“Most of their time had to be spent on the verandahs of courts. Yet Tarique Rahman gave the credit for the mass uprising to the entire nation,” he said.
The state minister said what is needed in politics is restraint and responsible behaviour, not a competition for credit.
“Excessive excitement in the body language of opposition MPs sometimes becomes a cause for concern. Overreacting to certain words or sentences is by no means desirable,” he added.
Amit informed that the government has taken a plan to introduce LPG cards for women to bring relief to household-level energy use, ensuring LPG supply at low prices to make life easier for ordinary families.
Highlighting the shortage of medical infrastructure in Jashore, the state minister said people from Jashore and other regions are losing their lives while travelling to Dhaka and other large cities due to lack of advanced medical treatment.
He said construction has begun on a 500-bed medical college hospital in Jessore, which will ensure advanced treatment at the local level and reduce the need for long-distance travel for patients.
He further said canal excavation work has been undertaken for water management and agricultural development to boost the local economy and production.
