Quit cantt house to solve army housing problem
Hasina urges Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged opposition leader Khaleda Zia to leave the disputed Dhaka Cantonment house and reside in her another allotted house in Gulshan as army officers currently facing acute accommodation crisis.
Addressing the inaugural session of extended meeting of Awami Swechhasebak League at Gono Bhaban, she said Khaleda Zia should not keep a vast piece of land occupied inside an area like cantonment."When our army officers are facing acute accommodation crisis, she is enjoying a vast land of 180 kathas inside the cantonment. Though she has been allotted a big house in Gulshan," Hasina said.
The PM said Khaleda Zia was given only one house by the cabinet at that time and that is in Gulshan on a 35 kathas of land. "How many houses does she need to live in?" the premier questioned.Strongly criticising the opposition for an "issueless" hartal on June 27, the premier said in fact, Khaleda Zia's party is announcing agitations like hartal just to keep possessed the cantonment house and to protect the illegal money and property that she has amassed through corruption.About the BNP's claim that Khaleda's cantonment house was given to her by the then president, the PM wondered as to how a president could allot a land of army in favour of a political person?
Hasina alleged that apart from the Gulshan house, Khaleda Zia has many other houses by her own name or undisclosed names. Meanwhile, reacting to the premier's request to her arch political rival Khaleda Zia to leave the Dhaka cantonment house, BNP lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed said the matter is pending for disposal in the High Court.
"We've to wait till the court gives its verdict," he told UNB when asked to comment on PM Sheikh Hasina's remark.
Controversy over Khaleda Zia's staying in the cantonment house rose when the PM on April 1 last year in parliament asked Begum Zia to leave the house, making way for building apartments for the families of army officers killed in the Peelkhana carnage.
Later, a cabinet meeting on April 8 last year cancelled the lease of Khaleda's cantonment house.According to the government leasing rules, two houses cannot be allotted in favour of one person.Now the dispute over Khaleda's cantonment house is pending before the High Court after Khaleda Zia challenged the validity of an official letter asking her to vacate the house.
Addressing the inaugural session of extended meeting of Awami Swechhasebak League at Gono Bhaban, she said Khaleda Zia should not keep a vast piece of land occupied inside an area like cantonment."When our army officers are facing acute accommodation crisis, she is enjoying a vast land of 180 kathas inside the cantonment. Though she has been allotted a big house in Gulshan," Hasina said.
The PM said Khaleda Zia was given only one house by the cabinet at that time and that is in Gulshan on a 35 kathas of land. "How many houses does she need to live in?" the premier questioned.Strongly criticising the opposition for an "issueless" hartal on June 27, the premier said in fact, Khaleda Zia's party is announcing agitations like hartal just to keep possessed the cantonment house and to protect the illegal money and property that she has amassed through corruption.About the BNP's claim that Khaleda's cantonment house was given to her by the then president, the PM wondered as to how a president could allot a land of army in favour of a political person?
Hasina alleged that apart from the Gulshan house, Khaleda Zia has many other houses by her own name or undisclosed names. Meanwhile, reacting to the premier's request to her arch political rival Khaleda Zia to leave the Dhaka cantonment house, BNP lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed said the matter is pending for disposal in the High Court.
"We've to wait till the court gives its verdict," he told UNB when asked to comment on PM Sheikh Hasina's remark.
Controversy over Khaleda Zia's staying in the cantonment house rose when the PM on April 1 last year in parliament asked Begum Zia to leave the house, making way for building apartments for the families of army officers killed in the Peelkhana carnage.
Later, a cabinet meeting on April 8 last year cancelled the lease of Khaleda's cantonment house.According to the government leasing rules, two houses cannot be allotted in favour of one person.Now the dispute over Khaleda's cantonment house is pending before the High Court after Khaleda Zia challenged the validity of an official letter asking her to vacate the house.
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