PM: Where do you get money for decoration?

Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inquired about how the decoration expenses for the upcoming party council was being managed. She also wondered about the necessity of such glamorous decoration. She raised the issue at a meet in Gonobhaban on Saturday with the members of podium and decoration sub-committee for the AL council, three central committee leaders present at the meeting told the Bangla Tribune. The party’s 20th council is set to be held on October 22 and 23. The members of the podium and decoration sub-committee met with the party head to inform her about the progress of their arrangements. During the meet, AL president Hasina asked, “Where do you get the money for all these decorations? And then again, why do we need such display?” In reply, convenor of the decoration sub-committee Jahangir Kabir Nanak told Hasina that the expenses were not much. “I have told you earlier, there should be no extortion at all. All the expenses should be met from the party treasury,” said Hasina. Awami League presideum member Obaidul Quader, Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Organising Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim were also present at the meeting, among others.