“We want a country free of corruption and all the people involved in graft need to stand trial no matter what political party they belong to,” he said. But there are many ruling party leaders and others charged with corruption worth billions of taka. Nazmul Haque Prodhan MP, a leader of a faction of the Awami League’s partner Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, also demanded trial of those involved in financial scams. Shirin Akhter MP, general secretary of the other JaSoD faction, however, said, “It’s a verdict on a corruption case. So no one from any political party has anything to do with it.”She said the trial process of the former prime minister was transparent.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2018 22:30 UTC