Power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Monday said that the government was conscious about discrimination and reasonable demands of the people working in various sectors, but it would take time to eliminate unfairness.
鈥榃e are conscious enough about justified claim of the agitating people ... We are also aware of the discrimination happened in different sectors over the last 16 to 17 years ...but it will take time to wipe out those unfairness,鈥� said the adviser after visiting Dhaka Medical College to meet students, including anti-discrimination student movement coordinator Hasnat Abdullah, who were injured in the attack by Ansar members in front of secretariat Sunday night.
鈥楲ike the paddy harvesting season, now people have started assembling on the street with various demands,鈥� he continued.
He, however, said that every demand was related to financial integration and it would raise the government鈥檚 expenditure.
鈥楾he government鈥檚 revenue will not increase overnight, so how the government will fulfil their demands within short time.鈥�
Pointing at the demonstrators, the advisor said that the government was agreed to discuss if the agitators came in formal way.
Terming the mandate of the incumbent government as 鈥榲ery strong鈥�, the advisor said that the students and mass people had established the government by sacrificing their blood on the street.
鈥楽o, there is no scope to underestimate this government,鈥� he added.
Law, justice and parliament affairs adviser to the interim government Asif Nazrul was also present during the visit.
