Jalil says most cabinet members have DGFI ties
Friday, 25 September 2009
Former Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil has alleged that the party leaders who are now in the cabinet have links with the military's intelligence, reports bdnews24.com.
"Ninety-nine per cent Awami League leaders who are in the cabinet have connections with Directorate General of Forces Intelligence," Jalil said in a brief interview with a London-based Bangla TV channel Tuesday.
"They only failed to control me," he added.
"If you study my statements you will notice that I defended Sheikh Hasina (the party chief and incumbent prime minister). I stood beside her," said Jalil.
On the caretaker government, the AL MP said: "They realised that if the party secretary remains vocal it would be difficult for them to make their purpose successful, that is to remove the leader."
"The great alliance has come to the power through an understanding. So I think there is an understanding between coming to power and the sweeping victory," he said.
About the incumbent general secretary, Syed Ashraful Islam, Jalil said he had fled the country after the promulgation of the state of emergency.
Sheikh Rehana, the younger sister of the incumbent prime minister, later arranged his return to Dhaka after consulting with DGFI, Jalil claimed.
He also said he made a mistake by not going against the party chief, Sheikh Hasina, on his return to the country to protect his post during the 2007-08 caretaker government regime.
"It was my mistake not to go against her. My offence was extreme loyalty to her," Jalil said in an interview with bdnews24.com in London Wednesday.
Now reduced to a member of the party's advisory committee, a body without much say in the organisational matters, the ruling party MP is currently on a visit to London, UK.
"Sheikh Hasina ordered me from America to take rest," he said, adding he did not protest the leader's command. "My decision was wrong. I should have taken her head-on."
"Ninety-nine per cent Awami League leaders who are in the cabinet have connections with Directorate General of Forces Intelligence," Jalil said in a brief interview with a London-based Bangla TV channel Tuesday.
"They only failed to control me," he added.
"If you study my statements you will notice that I defended Sheikh Hasina (the party chief and incumbent prime minister). I stood beside her," said Jalil.
On the caretaker government, the AL MP said: "They realised that if the party secretary remains vocal it would be difficult for them to make their purpose successful, that is to remove the leader."
"The great alliance has come to the power through an understanding. So I think there is an understanding between coming to power and the sweeping victory," he said.
About the incumbent general secretary, Syed Ashraful Islam, Jalil said he had fled the country after the promulgation of the state of emergency.
Sheikh Rehana, the younger sister of the incumbent prime minister, later arranged his return to Dhaka after consulting with DGFI, Jalil claimed.
He also said he made a mistake by not going against the party chief, Sheikh Hasina, on his return to the country to protect his post during the 2007-08 caretaker government regime.
"It was my mistake not to go against her. My offence was extreme loyalty to her," Jalil said in an interview with bdnews24.com in London Wednesday.
Now reduced to a member of the party's advisory committee, a body without much say in the organisational matters, the ruling party MP is currently on a visit to London, UK.
"Sheikh Hasina ordered me from America to take rest," he said, adding he did not protest the leader's command. "My decision was wrong. I should have taken her head-on."