UNB, Dhaka :Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said all the local public representatives will be included in the anti-terrorism and militancy committees.The committees, formed by the local administration, will be apolitical, he told reporters while emerging from the annual conference of Deputy Commissioners (DCs) at the Secretariat. The 4-day DCs’ Conference 2016 ends on Friday. “They’ll, of course, be included. All the elected representatives of local government bodies-Municipality and Union Parishad – will be included,” the minister said replying a question whether the BNP-Jamaat men who are now public representatives in the local government bodies will be there in the committees.He said the local representatives must be there in the grassroots anti-terrorism and militancy committees. The committees may be extended to the grassroots levels, if needed, he added.The DCs are always ready to curb terrorism as they can play a crucial role in containing it, Ashraf said.
