DHAKA: Krishak Shramik Janata League (KSJL) president Kader Siddique on Saturday apologized for his elder brother Post and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique’s derogatory remarks over hajj and Tablig Jamaat.

Kader Siddique came up with the apology at a press conference at National Press Club in the city on the morning.

He also urged Latif Siddique to seek unconditional apology for his remarks.

Kader Siddique said that cabinet member and Awami League presidium member Latif Siddique is nobody to him, but the person is his brother, they both have same parents and same blood.

He came here to seek apology as a member of the family, added Kader Siddique.

Speaking there on behalf of the KSJL, its general secretary Habibur Rahman Talukdar urged Latif Siddique to seek unconditional apology.

BDST: 1349 HRS, OCT 11, 2014