'JaPa to quit cabinet anytime'

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Friday said the resignation of JaPa lawmakers from the cabinet is a matter of time, reports UNB.

The prime minister's special envoy came up with this remark while talking to reporters at Rangpur circuit house in the evening.

About official opposition leader Raushan Ershad's speech in the parliament, Ershad said, "It was not a right decision to join the cabinet. Therefore my party members will resign from the cabinet within a couple of days."

Expressing doubt over BNP's participation in the upcoming general election, Ershad said there is no possibility of forming alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The party's secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader, co-chairman GM Quader, presidium member Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, Rangpur City Corporation mayor Mustafizur Rahman Mostafa, among others, attended the meeting.

About Khaleda's bail, Ershad said, "I was in jail for 6 years and 2 months despite all cases filed against me were bailable and I was not allowed to join the parliament despite the High Court's order."

Four JaPa members are included in the present cabinet while the party chief is enjoying the status of a special envoy.