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90 percent people are against BNP: Quader
DHAKA, Jan 2, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary and Road
Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP’s popularity
will hit rock bottom as 90 percent people of the country are against the
party.
“Now 90 percent people do not support BNP and the percentage will increase
further. In this way their popularity will hit the rock bottom,” he told a
press conference after a meeting with relief coordination team of AL at the
party president’s Dhanmondi political office here.
About BNP leaders’ remarks that the Dhaka city polls will not be fair, the
minister said making such comment before the election is ridiculous.
“BNP does not understand the language of democracy and does not abide by
laws and courts. Their only target is to go in power by any means and carry
out politics of killings and looting,” he said.
The AL general secretary expressed optimism that the city elections will
be held in a free, fair and neutral manner.
“We will extend our all-out support to the Election Commission to hold a
fair election,” he said.
About giving nomination to ward councilor posts for the polls, Quader said
AL nomination board has taken decision after discussions. “But all decisions
might not be right. So, team work is going on. We will find out if there is
any controversial candidate and then names of proper candidates will be
announced for final nomination,” he added.
About winter-clothes distribution, Quader said teams have been formed to
distribute warm clothes among destitute people in different areas from
January 11 to 13.
AL Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak will lead a team to distribute
clothes in Northern districts including Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur,
Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and Rangpur from January 11 to 13. AL General
Secretary Obaidul Quader will join them at Saidpur in Nilphamari on January
11.
Presidium Member Ramesh Chandra Sen, Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin
Nasim, Organizing Secretaries BM Mozammel Haque and Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud
Swapan, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, State Minister
for Disaster Management and Relief Dr. Md. Enamur Rahman, AL Science and
Technology Affairs Secretary Engineer Abdus Sabur, Deputy Office Secretary
Sayem Khan and Central Working Committee Member Safura Begum are in the team.
AL Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif will lead another team that
will distribute winter clothes in different districts from January 11 to 13.
Party’s Organizing Secretaries SM Kamal Hossain and Advocate Afjal
Hossain, Labour Affairs Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj and Central Working
Committee Members Amirul Islam and Anwar Hossain are in the team.
Besides, Obaidul Quader will distribute warm clothes at Savar in Dhaka on
January 6 and in Noakhali on January 7. AL Relief and Social Welfare
Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi will act as coordinator of the winter clothes
distribution programme.
AL Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Joint General Secretary AFM
Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretaries BM Mozammel Haque, SM Kamal Hossain
and Advocate Afjal Hossain, Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Sujit Roy
Nandi, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem
Khan and Central Working Committee Members ABM Riazul Kabir Kawser, among
others, were present in the press conference.
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