BNP leader Barkatullah Bulu stated that when Dr. Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize, it was not Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who congratulated him, but then Mayor of undivided Dhaka, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who organized a civic reception at the South Plaza of the National Parliament. He added that while Dr. Yunus received state honors under a BNP-led government by then-President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban, today his son, Ishraque Hossain, despite winning a court order and having his election gazetted, is still being denied the chance to take oath.