“Why did the officials not talk to the senior leaders. Several senior leaders were there but the Gulshan office staff did not take instructions from them and did all those stupid things. This is a crime.”
Mirza Abbas, a standing committee member of BNP, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday that not giving the due respect to the prime minister was nothing but sheer stupidity on the part of the Gulshan office staff.
“The matter was unexpected and it insulted me. I did not go there for politics. I went there for humanity and to offer condolences to a mother on the death of her child.”
The prime minister yesterday said she felt insulted at having to return from BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office on Saturday when her condolence call on the death of Arafat Rahman Koko was not received.
“BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has not only closed the door of dialogue, but also locked and sealed the door by demeaning and refusing to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.”
Awami League Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta told a discussion in the capital yesterday.