Kushtia, Oct. 14 -- State Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Mir Shahe Alam on Wednesday said districts represented by BNP lawmakers have not faced any fertiliser shortage.

The problems reported elsewhere might have been orchestrated by supporters of MPs from the 11-party alliance to mislead the government, he told reporters during a visit to the grave of Shaheed Abrar Fahad at Raidanga village in Koya Union under Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia around noon.

The state minister later attended an exchange meeting organised by the Bridge Implementation Committee at Ghoraighat on the bank of the Gorai River.

He said fertiliser dealers appointed during the previous (AL) government's tenure were not cooperating with the curren...