Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday if any evil force makes ill attempts to destroy the country's prevailing peace in the name of democratic movement, the AL along with the people will resist those, reports BSS.
The AL leader came up with the remarks while addressing a function to distribute coronavirus protective equipment under the initiative of the AL's sub-committee on relief and social welfare at the AL president's Dhanmondi political office in the city.
Quader joined it through videoconferencing from his official residence on parliament premises in the city.
About BNP's announcement of taking to streets to wage a movement within two months, the AL general secretary said, "We want BNP to stay in field. The people want democratic and peaceful movement."
But if they (BNP) carry out any terrorist acts, destroy public property and create public sufferings, the government will not tolerate those, he added.
Quader said BNP is still continuing its traditional acts of raising fabricated allegations of carrying out attacks on the party's leaders and workers and lodging cases against them.
Sensing their defeat in the upcoming by-elections, BNP is raising false allegations of attacks from now and this is their old habit, he added.
He said BNP has no merit to gain people's trust, so they are carrying out evil attempts for political gains capitalising on falsehood.
Quader said though BNP candidates want to stay in the election field until the end, they become inactive due to evil political strategy of the party high command.
Taking part in election is not BNP's key target rather they want to make the polls questionable, he added.
He said BNP's calls for waging a movement against corruption creates laughter among the people as corruption got the shape of a 'banyan tree' under the patronage of BNP when it was in power.
He said BNP workers publicly made allegations that the party leaders are doing money-making business while forming committees and giving nominations in elections.
Now BNP is stating that they would wage a movement against irregularities but the people do not believe them, he added.
About the formation of committees of different organisational units of the Awami League, Quader said controversial persons, opportunists and intruders should be dropped while forming committees after scrutiny at the directives of the party president Sheikh Hasina.
Mentioning that only AL stays beside people in crisis and disasters, the minister said Bangladesh now has become a role model in the world in facing disasters under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
