Tofail, Menon's Refusal to Join Cabinet
Suranjit sees new equation
Veteran Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta yesterday termed Tofail Ahmed and Rashed Khan Menon's refusal to join the cabinet “a forecast of a new equation of new politics”.
Meanwhile, Tofail, another veteran AL leader, at an election campaign meeting in Kapasia, Gazipur yesterday, said his refusal could not be an agenda for the opposition, reports a correspondent.
Menon, president of Workers' Party of Bangladesh, at a meeting with journalists on Friday, said he declined the government's offer as the proposal was not made maintaining due political process.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 13 expanded her cabinet with five new ministers and two state ministers. Tofail and Menon turned down the offer to join the cabinet.
Minister without portfolio Suranjit, addressing a discussion organised by Dhaka city unit Awami Shilpigoshthi in the capital's Jatiya Press Club, said, “Their (Tofail and Menon's) decisions create a new equation of the new shape of queer politics”, reports UNB.
He said there was nothing much to talk about the issue, as Tofail and Menon's decisions were personal and political.
Tofail said, “Awami League is a large political party. Whether I join the cabinet or not does not make any difference in the party. I do not have any frustration or anger.”
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