The ministry is working on the reinstatement of Mohammad Jahangir Alam, the sacked mayor of Gazipur City Corporation, said Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam has said.
“Jahangir was not expelled from the party, he was temporarily suspended,” he told reporters at an event in Gazipur on Wednesday.
Hence, the ministry is processing the matters behind his suspension now, the minister added.
In a meeting of Awami League's national committee last Saturday, General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced amnesty to some 100 leaders and workers of the party.
After this announcement, the return of Jahangir Alam was brought into the discussion.
In September last year, videos of Jahangir making derogatory comments on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyred freedom fighters of the liberation war at a program went viral on social media.
In a meeting held on November 19 last year, the ruling Awami League expelled Alam from his position in the party over the incident.