Why don't you leave the country?

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday slammed Chief Justice SK Sinha over some of the observations in the Supreme Court verdict on the 16th amendment case.

"Nothing in this country seems to please you, so why don't you leave the country? Who told you to stay in Bangladesh?" she said in a reference to the CJ.

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Matia was speaking at a human chain programme organised in front of the Jatiya Press Club to protest some of the observations in the SC judgment.

Matia alleged that the CJ wrote to the Anti-Corruption Commission in favour of a corrupt judge in a bid to cover up misconduct.

On August 1, the apex court released the full text of its judgment upholding the High Court verdict that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution empowering parliament to remove SC judges.

Since then, there have been criticism and debate over some of the observations in the verdict.