‘Tarique is not a Bangladeshi citizen now’

Senior Correspondent: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is no longer a citizen of Bangladesh.

Ahead of the celebration of National Legal Aid Day on April 28, the minister came up with the remark while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Thursday.

“As long as Tarique had passport in his hand, he was a Bangladeshi citizen, but he surrendered his passport to the British government…how could he remain a Bangladeshi citizen?” the minister questioned.

“When a Bangladeshi national stays in the country there is no question and problem over having his passport. But when a Bangladeshi stays abroad, his identity is passport,” said Anisul.

“I’ve heard about the debate over the issue. Fugitive convict Tarique surrendered his passport to the UK government politically…that means Tarique said he didn’t want to remain a Bangladesh citizen and sought political asylum,” he said.

When he left Bangladesh for the UK giving a bond and that means he willingly said he did not want to remain Bangladesh citizen and want political asylum, said Anisul.

“But we’ve no information whether Tarique granted political asylum or not,” he said.

Tarique Rahman is not a citizen of Bangladesh now that does not mean that he will not get back the citizenship if he wants, the minister added.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 26, 2018/Noimuddin/AI