Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has sought security from the Election Commission for him and his family members in Dhaka and Kushtia, prior to the national parliamentary elections.
Inu, also the president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, yesterday met with the Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.
After meeting the CEC, Inu told reporters that Jatiya Party would contest in the 10th parliamentary elections.
“Tomorrow is the last date for withdrawing nominations. Everybody will have to wait until then to witness the last segment of drama. Tomorrow it will become evident who would contest in the polls and who would not. Usually such dramas take place during elections,” he said.
Recently, some unidentified miscreants hurled four crude bombs on Information Minister Hasaul Haque Inu near his residence in the capital’s Dar-us-Salam area on December 2, the third day of the ongoing countrywide blockade.
However, the minister remained unhurt. The letter states the previous attacks on the minister.
On September 9, unidentified miscreants assaulted the minister at the London studio of private satellite television channel ATN Bangla. He went there to take part in a live talk show.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said main opposition party BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami were behind the assault on him during London visit.
Earlier four cocktails were thrown at his residence on June 9.
The minister was not at home at the time and no one else was injured. On June 9, Inu’s son Ashfaqul Haque filed the case with Darus Salam police station under explosive act.
