Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Senior Joint Chief Coordinator and Noakhali-6 MP Abdul Hannan Masud has demanded the resignation of Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, accusing them of failing to ensure public safety and energy security.

"The home minister has failed to protect the lives and property of the people, while the energy minister has failed to ensure the country's energy security," Masud said at an NCP protest programme in Uttara over the country's security situation and rising commodity prices.

He alleged that the home minister had failed to ensure the safety of ordinary tourists in his home district of Cox's Bazar, citing an incident in which a...