Finance Minster AMA Muhith yesterday said Dr Kamal Hossain was unsuccessful as the country’s first foreign minister and his word has no actual value.
The finance minster made the remarks at his secretariat office a day after, and in response to, a dire criticism by D Kamal regarding him (Muhith) and the budget.
“Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had given Dr Kamal a big opportunity by appointing him as Bangladesh’s first foreign minister, but he failed. He is a man of failure,” Muhith said.
The minister also said he was not the general secretary of Gonoforum and he joined the party in 1993 as presidium member at Dr Kamal’s request and the following year he left the party.
On Saturday, at Mirpur Moiyur Community Centre, Dr Kamal called Muhith a mentally sick patient as he proposed an unrealistic big budget for the 2014-15 FY.
In response to a query on the removal of the Basic Bank chairman against whom a scam allegation was raised recently, the finance minister said although PM Sheikh Hasina appointed the chairman, full responsibility of the state-owned banks lay on him. “I will discuss the matter with the PM,” he said.
