BNP will have to pay for its mistake, says Quader

FE Team | Published: February 09, 2024 23:22:24

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that BNP would have to pay for the mistake it committed by not joining the January 7 polls, reports BSS.
He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the AL president's Dhanmondi political office in the city Friday afternoon.
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said that Bangladesh's democracy was far different from Pakistan's democracy.
He said that no country in the world had a caretaker government but Pakistan retained the so-called caretaker government system.
The AL general secretary said that the difference between the two countries was that foreign powers, particularly the western world, voice loud over the elections of Bangladesh but there was no excitement in case of Pakistan.
He said that there had violence, vote rigging, fraud and nine deaths in Pakistan's elections, while several dozens of people had killed in bomb blasts in Balochistan.
"We follow the true form of democracy. The opposition did not join the election but it was fair. We are not saying our democracy is 100 percent perfect. The democracy of the western world is not perfect too," Quader said.
About the AL's special extended meeting to be held today (Saturday), he said that the implementation of the AL's election manifesto required a strong unity in the party.
Stating that the last general election was free and fair one, the road transport minister said 62 independent candidates were elected in the polls for strategic reasons but they also belong to the Awami League. There were many post bearers of the AL, he added.
He said that during the elections, there had some unfortunate incidents like misunderstandings, disagreements, conflicts and chaos among the party men.
A strong unity was needed among the AL men by putting an end to these issues aiming to implement the election manifesto, Quader said.
Quader said upazila, mayoral and union parishad elections will be held gradually and all the party men should remain united so that no conflict is created centering these elections.
He said that this special extended meeting was going to be organised to create an atmosphere of unity among all.