Polls-time government can be formed with incumbent MPs: PM

Polls-time government can be formed with incumbent MPs: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said an election-time government could be formed with the parties in parliament although the next general election will be held in the country following the Westminster democracy of Britain.

“We follow the Westminster type democracy. We’ll hold the election as Britain does… Yes, we can show our liberality if anyone of the MPs (parties) in parliament expresses desire to join the election-time government. We are ready to welcome them,” she said.

The premier made this remark while addressing a press conference to brief the media about the outcomes of her recent tri-nation visit to Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom from April 25 to May 08, at Ganabhaban this afternoon.

Mentioning that her party Bangladesh Awami League (AL) had shown such liberality earlier too, Sheikh Hasina said that before the national election in 2014, Khaleda Zia was asked to give her party’s representation in that election-time government, but they didn’t do that.

She added: “Now they (BNP) are not in parliament. So, there is nothing to think about them,” she said.বিস্তারিত

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