Newly appointed Secretary General Mashiur 0Rahman Ranga was at the Shahjalal International Airport to see off Ershad. But the ruling Awami League and the Jatiya Party have been providing the media with inconsistent information about his illness. Ershad is ‘genuinely sick’ and the situation is not a ‘political stunt,’ Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader told reporters at the end of the last month. But the then Jatiya Party secretary general, Howlader, gave a different account. There was a sudden change in the Jatiya Party after Howlader’s nomination for Patuakhali-1 seat was rejected.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2018 18:00 UTC