Govt against any form of mob justice: Rizwana

The government is totally opposed to any kind of mob justice or moral policing, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday.

"The position of the government in this regard is very clear. The government never approves of any form of violence or mistreatment against women," she said.

After the meeting of the council of the advisers, she came up with the statements at a press briefing against the backdrop of the recent incident of assaulting two women by mob for smoking at a tea stall in Mohammadpur area in the city.

"The government has taken a firm stance against it all along. Since the law and order is yet to be restored fully, incidents of mob justice and moral policing are taking place in some places.

"The incident of Mohammadpur has become the talk of the town and we learned that both sides have settled their disputes in front of the police," she said.

The adviser also made it clear that the recent decision to keep 5 per cent seats in school admission for the family members of those who were killed and injured during the July uprising is a one-time facility, not a quota facility.

"Recently, the government has announced a one-time facility in school admission for those family members. The number of the eligible recipients of this facility is not that much large considering the fact that in total 12,500 people were killed and injured during the uprising," she said, adding that in no way, this should be compared to the quota facility.

She said that the process for recruitment of 3493 physicians through the Public Service Commission is underway and in addition to that the government has decided to recruit 2,000 more physicians.

The decision has been taken to ensure healthcare services across the country. "As people in the rural areas are deprived of proper medical and healthcare services, this decision has been taken," she said.

Disclosing the decision of the Saudi oil and gas giant Aramco to supply LNG to Bangladesh at a discounted price, she said, "Presently, Bangladesh is procuring LNG from two countries. Recently, the power adviser visited Saud Arabia and had meetings with the Saudi company Aramco. They have agreed to supply LNG to Bangladesh at a reduced price."

Citing the periodic review on the decisions of the councils of the advisers, she said so far the council took 135 decisions and out of those 92 were implemented. So the implementation rate is 68.16 per cent which is very satisfactory, she said.

The council has also decided to introduce a provision requiring packaged food and beverage products to mention the proportion of its ingredients like saturated fat and sugar on their labels in line with the international standards.

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