PM decides to form 10-member committee with opposition to address energy crisis
Tarique said the committee will be constituted once the opposition nominates its five representatives.
Highlights:
- Energy minister to head the committee
- Opposition to submit five names soon
- Govt to consider and implement feasible recommendations
- Both sides welcome bipartisan cooperation
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has decided to form a 10-member committee, seeking five names from the opposition to work together on finding 'rational solutions' to the country's ongoing energy crisis in the national interest.
"A five-member team has already been formed from our side, and the committee will be constituted once the opposition nominates its five representatives," the prime minister told parliament after the question-answer session today (23 April).
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"The government will accept any viable and acceptable proposals put forward by the committee and will take effective steps to implement them if they are found to be feasible," he added.
The committee will be headed by Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku and include five members each from the treasury and opposition benches.
Referring to a proposal raised by the Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman a day earlier, the prime minister said both sides agreed to work together to solve the country's ongoing situation.
From the government side, the other members include State Minister Aninda Islam Amit, and MPs ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan (Laxmipur-4), Moinul Islam Khan (Manikganj-2 and Miah Nuruddin Ahmad Apu (Shariatpur-3).
In response, Shafiqur welcomed the initiative, thanking the prime minister for taking the matter positively.
Shafiqur Rahman said, "Thanks to the prime minister. This parliament will be the focal point for resolving all national issues."
He added that the opposition would soon provide the names of its representatives.
When Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad asked the leader of the House who would be the chairman of the 10-member committee, Tarique Rahman proposed the name of the energy minister.
Later, the speaker said, "After your statements, there is a sense of hope. If the government and opposition work this way, the country will move forward."
