No external pressure over allowing Khaleda in politics: Anisul

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said there is no external pressure over allowing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to take part in politics.

“People have the right to know the fact. I have informed the fact through you (journalists). There is no foreign pressure in this regard,” he said while talking to reporters at BISS auditorium on the government’s recent stance about Khaleda Zia’s participation in politics.

Earlier, the law minister spoke as the chief guest at a seminar on “Rohingya Crisis and the Emerging Security Challenges: Response Strategy of Bangladesh.”

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised the seminar at its auditorium.

Anisul said Khaleda was released from jail on two conditions and none of those was on her participation in politics.

Those conditions have been that she will take treatment staying at her Dhaka residence and she will not be allowed to travel abroad, he said.