BNP's dream of restoring the caretaker government system in the country will never be successful said Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday (May 13).
"If BNP makes any evil efforts to create disorder in the name of movement (over caretaker government), Awami League, along with the people, will give them a befitting reply," he said.
Hasan was talking to the media before joining, as the chief guest, the 11th biennial council of Bangladesh Entomological Society at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) at Khamarbari in the capital.
He said the next parliamentary elections will be held under the Election Commission (EC) and the incumbent government will act as polls-time government as like as all democratic countries in the world.
In the context of BNP's demand for caretaker government, the minister said serving government doesn't step down and any other government doesn't assume office before national elections in all democratic countries like India, Japan, Australia, Europe and the USA.
In that way, elections will be held in Bangladesh and the incumbent government will discharge duties of running the country during polls, he mentioned.
He said in 2014, BNP had tried to resist the polls but they couldn't do so rather the journey of democracy continued.
He urged BNP to take preparations for the next elections without making meaningless comments.
Later while speaking at the council, Hasan underscored the need for conserving agricultural land.
It should be kept in mind that unplanned urbanization and construction of establishments anywhere cannot destroy farmland, he said.
He said agricultural research increased food grain production manifold in Bangladesh. This trend should be continued on the way of prosperity, he said.
Entomological Society President Dr Syed Nurul Alam chaired the programme which was moderated by its General Secretary Prof Dr Md Mizanur Rahman.
BARC Executive Chairman Dr Sheikh Mohammad Bakhtiar spoke on the occasion as a special guest.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Principal Scientific Officer Dr Nirmal Kumar Dutta and Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Prof Md Abdul Latif and BARI Director-General Dr Debasish Sarker also spoke on the occasion.
BDST: 1940 HRS, MAY 13, 2022
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