No room for controversial leaders in AL committees: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday warned that controversial leaders would not hold any place in the new committees of the party and its associate bodies, reports BSS.

"I do not want to say anything about the changes and expansion in leadership. But, I want to say if any leader becomes controversial, he or she will not get a post in the new committees," he told a press conference at the conference room of the ministry here.

About BNP's demand for its Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release, the AL general secretary said: "Though it is a matter of legal procedure, BNP is doing politics over the release of Khaleda…creating pressure on the government."