AL has no connection with Jamaat: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Awami League has no connection with Jamaat-e-Islami, reports UNB.
" Jamaat was given permission to hold a rally as it is a political party and they asked for permission," the minister said.
Hasan Mahmud, also joint general secretary of Awami League (AL), made the remarks in a response to a question while exchanging Eid greetings with journalists at the ministry meeting room at the secretariat on Sunday.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has recently said the ruling Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh has close relationship - an allegation Jamaat-e-Islami has rejected.
Replying to a question, the minister said,"Jamaat-e-Islami is in the BNP alliance. They are the main partner of the alliance."
"Jamaat-e-Islami itself has denied the statement made by Mirza Fakhrul. There is no contact between us and Jamaat, there is no need for communication," he said.
Referring to Mirza Fakhrul's other remarks regarding their demand for resignation of the government, the minister said BNP's main strategy is to create chaos in the country and try to foil the election.