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PM under fire for 'no talks' remarks

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come under fire from politicians for ruling out any talks with the opposition on national issues.
Hasina made the remarks at a “Meet the Press" programme at Bangladesh's permanent mission in the UN headquarters on Saturday.
Asked if she will discuss the national issues with the main opposition BNP, the prime minister said it is useless to sit with “corrupt people.”
She alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is interested only in protecting her “corrupt sons" by pressing for withdrawal of the money laundering cases against them and halting the war crimes trial.
HM Ershad, chairman of the ruling Awami League's key ally Jatiya Party, termed Hasina's comments unfortunate.
Talking to The Daily Star yesterday, he said, “It's unfortunate that in Bangladesh, the ruling party runs the country without any consultation with others, and it cannot be a democratic practice."
Jamaat-e-Islami acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman said the prime minister's remarks came as a surprise.
"She defamed herself by making such comments,” he said. "She even spoke ill of the country's politicians and political parties.”
Communist Party of Bangladesh chief Manzurul Ahsan Khan said such remarks are not expected from a prime minister.
"Whatever allegations she has brought against the opposition party are yet to be proved. If they are really corrupt, why is she asking the corrupt people to join parliament?" Manzurul asked. He called it bad politics.
Gono Forum's acting general secretary Subrata Chowdhury said a prime minister's making such comments abroad is not acceptable.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the PM's comment would push the country towards violence and uncertainty.
He was talking to reporters after a BNP standing committee meeting at Khaleda Zia's political office in Gulshan last night.
Meanwhile, party sources said Khaleda will give her reaction to Hasina's statement at a rally she is scheduled to address in the capital today.