Awami League acting president Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury speaking at the press conference at the party’s Danmondi office Tuesday. — Focus Bangla Photo Terming Posts and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique a trash talker, Awami League acting president Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury urged Tuesday all not to pay heed to his filthy words, reports UNB.
"Don't pay heed to what he (Latif) says. There're some talkative leaders and this is possible for them to deliver such words…it's their freedom. I think you (journalists) wouldn't accept what he (Latif) said," she said.
Sajeda, also deputy leader of the House, said this while addressing a press briefing after a meeting of Awami League sub-committee on publicity and publication at Awami League president's Dhanmondi office in the city.
Abdul Latif Siddiqui at a views-exchange meeting with expatriates from Tangail on Sunday in the USA said, "During Hajj, so much manpower is wasted. Over 2.0 million people have gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. They've no work, no production and they only cause deduction."
"Some 2.0 million Tablighi Jamaat people get together annually who don't do any work except halting traffic movement across the country," he added.
On Latif's comment about Joy, Sajeda said: "Everybody knows who Joy is. There's nothing to raise question about it."
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