Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the main goal of the ruling Awami League (AL) is to work for the welfare of the toiling people of the country, reports BSS.
"The goal of AL is to change the fate of farmers, workers and the toiling people," he said in a statement sent to the media on Thursday, protesting the misleading and provocative statements of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Recalling BNP-Jamaat's tenure, the AL general secretary said that when the BNP-Jamaat evil forces were in power, the people of the country had to live in misery due to their misrule.
"Today, they talked about the rights of working people. But they never increased the wages of the workers while in power," he added.
Highlighting BNP-Jamaat's atrocities, he said this evil force shot dead laborers who were agitating for salary and bonus, killed farmers who were agitating for fertilizer and murdered ordinary people who were agitating for electricity.
Thus, the BNP-Jamaat clique crushed Bangladesh by holding people hostage at gunpoint, he said.
Obaidul Quader said that they made the life of working people miserable by shutting down different factories, including the Adamjee Jute Mills.
On the other hand, Awami League has increased the salaries of garment workers as well as tea workers after coming to power, he said, adding that the living standard of all, including working people, has improved.
Quader further said that Awami League always comes to power with people's vote.
Awami League is not like a political party which came into being from the pocket of a military dictator, he said, adding that this party led the struggles for establishment of all rights, including democratic rights, of the people of this country, he said.
AL's main goal is to work for welfare of toiling people: Quader
FE Team | Published: May 03, 2024 00:04:52
AL's main goal is to work for welfare of toiling people: Quader
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