Minister sleeps through programme
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
A member of the cabinet, who hogged headlines in the past several months for smoking in public and allegedly threatening journalists, has now been spotted dozing off during a meeting in the city. Social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali slept through a discussion on Monday organised by Bangabandhu Sainik League marking the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh. The programme started just after 3:30pm at Dhanmondi’s Road No. 32. Mohsin Ali showed up at 4:50pm and dozed off minutes after taking a seat. Juba Mahila League's General Secretary Apu Ukil, Sainik League's President Bazlur Rahman and General Secretary Shah Akram delivered speeches after Ali reached the venue. The minister woke up half an hour later. He drank water and fell asleep again. He was seen taking a nap putting his right hand on his forehead. At times, he was seen waking up startled during others’ speeches and then falling back to sleep. Journalists and party activists took out their cameras and mobile phones to take photos of the sleeping minister, according to bdnews24.com.