Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday (May 6) left an award giving ceremony organised by Dhaka Reporters Unity as the programme was sponsored by Saifur’s Coaching Centre.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique who was also special guest of the programme left spot along with law minister showing same ground.
`I can’t attend such a programme as the law minister while the government has banned coaching centres in the country,’ Anisul told dainikshiksha.com while leaving the programme organised by Dhaka Reporters Unity at City’s Segun Bagicha.
`Coming here I feel cheated as I was not informed about this earlier,’ the minister said adding, ‘He loves to attend programmes organised by journalists and had planned to deliver a speech at DRU today.
Anisul was the chief guest at the programme held at DRU’s Sagor-Runi auditorium.
The programme was sponsored by Saifur’s, a coaching centre who is under watch of intelligence agencies and under lens of Anti-Corruption Commission.
It was organised to award felicitations and stipend to 40 children of DRU members who passed primary and ebtedai (madrasa) terminal examinations and Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations last year.
DRU leaders who were present at the programme had requested the minister to attend the occasion and sought 10 minutes time so that the Saifur’s officials leave the venue.
But the minister turned down their requests and left the venue.