PM to take decision on size of polls-time government: Anisul

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said though the matter of polls-time government is not anywhere in the constitution, the prime minister herself will take a decision on the size of the polls-time government, reports UNB.

"I have told you earlier, I am telling you again, the honourable prime minister will take a decision on how many ministers she would need in her cabinet during the polls. If she needs everyone, all the minister would remain there, and if she thinks she would bring down the size of the cabinet, it is completely her decision. The constitution has given her the authority," he said.

The minister said these while talking to newsmen after coming out of his meeting with a delegation of International Labour Organization (ILO) at the ministry on Tuesday noon.

The members of the ILO delegation are Country Director Tuomo Poutiainen, Programme Manager Neeran Ramjuthan, Project Technical Officer Chayanich Thamparipattra, Senior Programme Officer Md Saidul Islam and Programme Officer Chowdhury Albab Kadir.