Law Minister Advocate Asaduzzaman has said there is no legal bar on MPO-listed teachers taking part in local government elections.
The minister said this in answer to journalists’ questions on Monday morning, 19 October, after opening the new building of the Primary Teachers’ Training Institute (PTI) in Jhenaidah.
He said MPO-listed teachers can take part in local government elections under the current rules in the same way as they did in the past.
Saying the government was hopeful of holding a fair and good local government election, he asked people to trust the government on the matter.
Asked about the government’s position on the resignation of Liberation War Affairs state minister Ishraque Hossain, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman said that if anyone engages in anything against ordinary people’s expectations, the prime minister will take the final decision.
Earlier, the law minister attended a meeting of the management committee of Jhenaidah 250-bed General Hospital as chief guest. Officials of the district administration, police and district health department and local BNP leaders and activists were present.
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