BNP suffers from severe crisis of public trust: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Wednesday said BNP is now suffering from a severe crisis of public confidence, reports BSS.

"People have no interest in whether BNP remains in the country's politics or not," he told a regular press conference on contemporary issues at his official residence in the city.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said BNP leaders are claiming that they are very active in the country's politics.

"We also want that they (BNP) remain in politics and play a responsible role of opposition party quitting their ill-politics and make constructive criticisms of the government," he said.

"BNP is there but in a different way. So, people think since there is BNP in the country, there is arson terrorism too in the name of intrigue and movement," the AL general secretary said.

About the BNP leaders' statements over the treatment of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, he said these statements are worthless talks and they are deliberately doing so.

Quader said as the government is generous, the BNP chairperson is taking treatment from the doctors of her choice.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suspended the jail sentence of Begum Zia on humanitarian ground and gave her chance to take treatment staying at her home, he said, adding "But they have no gratefulness."