Anisul Huq | Khaleda Zia

File photo Khaleda Zia and Law Minister Anisul Huq

There is no legal impediment to invite Khaleda in Padma Setu inauguration

This was stated by Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq after the inaugural function of the 146th Refresher Course organized by the Chief Judicial Magistrate / Chief Metropolitan Magistrates at the Judicial Administration Training Institute in the capital on Sunday (June 5).

The minister said there are two conditions regarding Khaleda Zia, that is, she will receive medical treatment in Bangladesh and will not be able to go abroad. That is why there is no legal impediment to invite her in the inauguration of Padma Setu.

He said, "The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not take any 'action' against anyone out of hatred. During the caretaker government in 2007, corruption cases were filed against Khaleda Zia and her two sons. Those have been completed through the investigation and trial process of the ACC. Now if they say that the Awami League government has made these cases, then I think they are only blaming the Awami League government for diverting what the people believe about their corruption. Blaming them is baseless."

Anisul Huq said ACC is an independent organization. After the law of 2004, the BNP government did not even give chairs and tables to the ACC till 2006. It was actually implemented in 2007.

Regarding the increase in the budget of the judiciary, he said that the finance ministry will not be stingy in giving money for any reasonable need. The money given to the law ministry in the national budget has not been given by any government before. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government was the first to allocate funds for the training of judges. The government has allocated Tk 217 crore for the implementation of a part of the e-judiciary project in the Supreme Court. This is outside the original budget allocated in the name of the Ministry of Law.