Awami League joint general secretary and information minister Hasan Mahmud said, "If Aman Ullah Aman Saheb keeps daydreaming like taking the power of this country, then the government should give it a second thought whether the kindness shown by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Begum Zia is necessary at all or not and sent to the prison again."
On BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi`s remarks on Sultana Kamal, Hasan Mahmud replied, "With respect to Begum Sultana Kamal, she`s a human rights champion and a distinguished thinker, but I disagree with many of her remarks." "she criticises the government often. Therefore, it is decency and sheer decency not to attack her personally.
Human rights activists or critics see things from their perspective; their statements can be criticised, but the information minister said it is not appropriate to make a personal attack. "The way Rizvi Sahib addressed Sultana Kamal as the agent of Awami League, I was wondering when this man will start addressing Mirza Fakhrul the same way. Sadly, I cannot fathom why critical discussion corresponding to such remarks is not how we expected, he added furthermore.
In answer to a query on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir`s statement that `Pakistan was nice,` Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud stated, `If you study Mirza Sahib`s words, it suggests the appearance of Bangladesh has not come out decent, and Zia should have been a major, he said. Zia could not have become a major general if Bangladesh had not been formed. Mirza Fakhrul Sahib has disrespected our liberation struggle, freedom, and martyrs and should be barred from politics in Bangladesh. He would have been disqualified from politics in any other nation.
The Minister responded to the BNP`s criticism of the country`s democracy. Hasan added, "Those born from the barrel of a gun, the party that took power undemocratically and distributed the rest, the party that held controversial elections on February 15, the political party that cancelled Article 7 from the constitution and gave the corrupt and those punished for corruption the right to do politics saying all such is nothing but the mockery of the democracy.
