Staff Reporter :Posts and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique has been removed from the Cabinet for his much-talked-about derogatory comments on the Hajj and the Tablig Jamaat. This was revealed by Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif on Wednesday. “After hearing the comments, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to remove him (Latif Siddiqui) from the Cabinet,” Hanif said while addressing a press conference at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi office in the city.Replying to a question about expulsion from the party, Hanif said that the party president is now out of the country. It is a matter for the central working committee of the Awami League to take decision in this regard, he added.Latif Siddique made his controversial comments at a meeting in New York on Sunday. He said that he was against Hajj and Tabligh Jamaat more than he was against the Jamaat-e-Islami. Latif Siddique also criticised PM’s son. Latif Siddique was supposed to receive an award on Tuesday in Mexico for the government’s outstanding performance on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). But State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak received the award on Wednesday. “It proves the decision of Latif Siddique’s removal has been made effective,” said Hanif.
