UNB, Dhaka :
Soon after submitting his resignation letter, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murad Hassan on Tuesday apologized to women.
In a post on his verified Facebook profile, Murad wrote around 1pm, “If I’ve made any mistake or if my words have hurt mothers and sisters, then forgive me.”
He also said he will abide by forever all the decisions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Earlier in the day, Murad resigned as State Minister for Information and Broadcasting following the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for his offensive and indecent remarks on women.
The under-fire junior minister submitted his resignation letter to the Prime Minister showing personal reasons for quitting his job.
Murad Hassan had been under increasing criticism by various quarters for his various disrespectful remarks on women. A number of audios and videos containing indecent remarks by Murad Hassan also went viral on social media during the last few days.
A two-year-old phone conversation of the junior minister with actor Mamnun Hasan Emon and actress Mahiya Mahi recently went viral on social media. In that audio clip, Murad made “derogatory comments” on the actress, threatened her and gave her an alleged indecent proposal.
On Monday, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked State Minister for Information Murad Hassan to resign from the cabinet by Tuesday for his recent derogatory remarks on social media.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday demanded Murad apologise publicly and withdraw his “politically motivated, racial and derogatory” remarks against women and the Zia family.
During an interview on social media recently, the junior minister described BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman as a ‘whoreson’ and alleged that Zaima Rahman, Tarique’s daughter, cannot sleep without the company of a black man every night.
