Awami League lawmaker Shamsul Hoque Chowdhury has defended Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid amid huge criticisms for the 'failure' to prevent the repeated incidents of question paper leak.
"If another person is made the Education Minister removing him, it can't be ensured that question papers will not be leaked anymore,"the lawmaker elected from Chittagong-12 constituency on Tuesday.
He was participating in the general discussion on thanksgiving motion over the President's speech.
"What can he alone do? Launch an investigation against those who are working under the minister.... He is a simple man," he said.
The remarks came a day after Jatiya Party lawmaker Ziauddin Ahmed Babluon Mondayin the House demanded resignation of the education minister for his recent remarks over bribe and failure to check question paper leaks.
Noting that the demand is being raised frequently for his resignation, Shamsul Hoque said if he resigned, another person will be made the Education Minister, according to UNB.
"If another person replaces him, can anyone say that it (leak of question papers) will not happen under him?" the AL MP said.
