"That idol was distorted. We did not want to keep this distorted object. Would have to face questions from the next generation if the distorted object was kept there," he told news hounds at event on Saturday.
Anisul also noted that it was the Chief Justice who decided the removal. The minister continuously referred to the statue as an idol.
Asked if a real statue of Greek goddess Themis could be installed as a replacement of the ’distorted statue’, he said, "I cannot comment on that."
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’s opinion about the statue.
"What she said was that Eid congregations are held there. The statue was installed beside the Eidgah in such a way that it falls in the anterior during the prayers," he said.
"There is no question of removing the statues in Bangladesh that recalls and embodies the spirit of the Liberation War," he said.