DHAKA, Feb 15, 2021 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader
today said BNP now becomes the hawker of democracy, though they snatched
votes in the election on February 15, 1996.
“On this day in 1996, BNP staged a farce in the history of Bangladesh by
holding a voter-less election, which was the stigmatised part of the history
of the country’s elections,” he told a rally joining a videoconference from
his official residence here.
Dhaka North City Unit of Awami League arranged the rally on Russel Square,
Dhanmondi, in the capital, protesting the election held on February 15, 1996.
Speaking as the chief quest, Quader, also road transport and bridges
minister, said after assuming power in 1991, BNP started breaking all the
election pledges that it gave to people over reestablishing democracy in the
country.
Mentioning that BNP is now involved in anti-state propaganda, the AL
general secretary said people will not spare any anti-state and anti-
liberation conspiracy.
He said BNP is continuously lying in the name of opposing the government.
Issuing a note of warning to the party men, Quader said: “No wrongdoers can
get place in the Awami League and you all (AL men) must maintain the party’s
discipline.”
BNP sees darkness in broad daylight and that is why it does not find any
development and achievement of the government, he said Awami League pledged
to bring smile on the faces of the poor people by implementing the ideology
of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“The AL government has been working to this end under the leadership of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he added.
Calling upon the AL men to be united aiming to strengthen the hands of
Sheikh Hasina, the AL general secretary said intrigues continue to cause
turmoil inside the party and that is why all should remain alert in this
regard.
He said: “The Dhaka City unit is the engine of the Awami League, so we
must go forward together to keep the engine smooth.”
AL presidium members Faruk Khan and Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque,
AL joint general secretary and Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni and its
organising secretary Mirza Azam, among others, spoke at the rally with AL
Dhaka North City president Sheikh Bazlur Rahman in the chair.