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Minister

Salahuddin

Ahmed

yesterday

said the

interim

government had failed to control mob violence because it was weak, adding that since the elected government took office, there have been no such incidents except one or two isolated cases.

“The government is not giving any space to mob violence or disorder,” he said, adding that political parties would be allowed to hold meetings and express democratic views through regular means without causing public suffering.

He made the remarks during a courtesy meeting with French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet at the Secretariat, according to a home ministry release.

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