The Dhaka Times Desk Finally, an all-party government has been formed without BNPK. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the newly elected Council of Ministers in an informal ceremony.
The members of the Interim Cabinet were sworn in on Monday afternoon. Apart from ruling party Awami League, MPs from Jatiya Party and Workers Party are in this Council of Ministers. President Abdul Hamid Advocate read the oath of the Cabinet members at 3:10 PM at the Durbar Hall of Banga Bhavan.
Awami League's Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Warkas Patir's Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya Party's Roshan Ershad, Anisul Islam Mahmud, Ruhul Amin Hawladar, Salma Islam, Mojibul Haque Chunnu and Ziauddin Bablu are taking oath as ministers. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad were present on the occasion.
Awami League Advisory Council members Aamir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya Party Roshan Ershad, Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Ziauddin Bablu, ABM Ruhul Amin Howladar, Mujibul Haque Chunnu are the new faces in the non-partisan interim government. .
There is no word yet on who is among the old-timers in the Council of Ministers.
It is to be noted that earlier at 11:00 AM at Banani's office, Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad announced that he will join the all-party government during the election. But at the same time, he also announced to withdraw from the Grand Alliance. Even if Ershad leaves the Grand Alliance, he will continue the work of forming a new alliance. In the meantime, he has held a meeting with former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, Chairman of Alternative Dhara, President of Krishak Sramik Janata League Bangbir Quader Siddiqui and JSD's ASM Abdur Rab. According to their conditions, Ershad will start the process of forming a new alliance after leaving the Grand Alliance. Yesterday he also met the Amir of Hefazat Islam and took his prayers.
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