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Jatiya Oikyafront is an extension of BNP-Jamaat: Menon
DHAKA, Oct 22, 2018 (BSS)-Terming Jatiya Oikyafront as
an extension of BNP-Jamaat, Workers Party (WP) president and
social welfare minister Rashed Khan Menon said Jamaat will
take part in the next national election under the umbrella of
Jatiya Oikyafront.
He urged the countrymen to remain alert about this ploy
of BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront and said this anti-liberation
and anti-development force should not be allowed to come to
the power for the sake of maintaining the present pace of
development.
Menon said this while speaking at the WP’s parliamentary
party meeting at Jatiya Sangsad here today, said a media
release.
There are seven MPs of WP in the current JS. They
evaluated their five-year activities in the JS and hoped that
the number of MP from WP would be double in the next
parliament. The meeting said that WP would continue to play
stronger role for the people role’s interest.
WP’s parliamentary party secretary Advocate Mustafa
Lutfullah conducted the meeting while WP general secretary
Fazle Hossain Badsha, Prof Yasin Ali, Sheikh Hafizur Rahman
and Sheikh Tipu Sultan spoke at the meeting.
WP MPs thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker
Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury for the peaceful and lively
functioning of the JS in the five years.
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