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Ershad questions ALs past role as opposition
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday criticized last role as opposition Awami League while delivering his speech at the closing session of the Parliament. "I (AL) Have you managed to play an appropriate role as an opposition? Ershad asked rhetorically. He said that the ministers are Jatiya Party was ridiculed in cabinet meetings. The former president said: "Do not laugh at us," adding that it would be unfair to evoke outrageous examples of the past. The JP chief also said that his party would form a coalition government with the American League in power only if it has been previously imprisoned and should have happened, Ershad, BNP and Jamat-e-Islami said that they could not have formed the government. Ershad accused throughout the political crisis of the early nineties saying he wants to erase the past for the sake of democracy. - Posted on : 04-July-2014