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Quit BNP accepting failures in movement, elections

Quader urges Fakhrul, rejects TIB report on vote rigging


January 17, 2019 00:00:00


Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader speaking at an extended meeting of Dhaka south city unit of Jubo League at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue central office in the city on Wednesday — Focus Bangla

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir should resign from his party shouldering the responsibility for the failures both in the movement and the elections, report agencies.

"As a secretary general, he couldn't carry out a movement for 10 minutes over the past 10 years while his party couldn't get even 10 seats in the election. BNP has failed both in the movement and the elections. He (Fakhrul) should resign taking the responsibility for the failures if he has the minimum sense of shame," he said.

The AL leader made the comments while talking to reporters at Awami League's Bangabandhu Avenue central office after an extended meeting of Dhaka south city unit Jubo League.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said those who turned down people's outstanding victory should apologise to the nation.

He also said Fakhrul is now behaving like a 'reckless driver', and urged all to remain alert about him to avert any accident.

Mentioning that the December-30 national election was transparent and excellent one, Quader questioned whether any agent of the candidates of BNP and Jatiya Oikya Front raised any objection about the transparency of the election on the voting day.

He also trashed the report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on various election irregularities, including stamping ballot papers the night before the polls, terming those fictitious ones.

"TIB has now come up with the fairytale after so many days of the election. We know why they've cooked up so many imaginary and unbelievable stories. The country's people will give a reply to it," the minister added.


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