<span style="color: #222222;">Bangladesh Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will determine the size of the election-time government.</span><br />''<br />''Addressing media at his office in Dhaka Huq said that she can reduce its size or maintain the current size if deemed necessary.<br />''<br />''The Minister said nothing was mentioned in the Bangladesh constitution about the election-time government. It is within the Prime Minister's discretion, as the Bangladesh constitution grants her this power.<br />''<br />''However, Bangladesh Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader who is also road transport and bridges minister in Sheikh Hasina government said on Sunday that the decision on election-time government will be taken after the announcement of the polls-schedule.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Quader said there could be an election-time government. The way it was during the previous elections, that is the polls-time government, he insisted.</span><br />
News On AIR | October 17, 2023 9:20 PM
PM Hasina to decide on size of election-time govt: Bangladesh Law Minister