Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) leader Fazlul Haque Amini yesterday said he had not meant to throw the whole constitution to the bin, rather it was the 15th amendment he was talking about.
The statement came three days after a writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking directives on the government to take action against Amini for his comment.
Amini at a meeting on July 14 said the amended constitution will be thrown into the bin. Different newspapers published that statement the following day.
Eminent writer Shahriar Kabir on Wednesday filed the writ petition against Amini. The court summoned the IOJ leader to appear before it on July 27 to explain why he had made the contemptuous remark.
IOJ yesterday arranged a press conference at the party's Lalbagh office in the capital where Amini said in his defence that his comments on the country's constitution were totally political.
He also said political leaders often make statements figuratively but those are not always meant.
Soruce : The Daily Star
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