People are source of power of AL

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday his party is deeply rooted in the soil of this country as people are the source of power of AL, reports BSS.

"Awami League's power does not grow out of barrel of gun rather people are the source of its power. Awami League's root is very deep in that soil," he said.

Quader, also the minister for the road transport and bridges, came up with the remarks while addressing the inaugural session of a representatives' conference of Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) at its office at Kakrail in the city.

He joined the programme through a videoconferencing from his official residence on Jatiya Sangsad premises.

About the remarks of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir that the power of AL will be ruined like a house of cards, he said Awami League is not a house of cards that it would get destroyed in a tap.

He said AL remains in the hearts of people as it led every democratic movement, struggle, achievement and progress of the nation as well.

The AL general secretary said his party has stayed beside the people in their well and woe throughout the last seven decades since its inception.

The country's most glorious achievement, the great independence, was attained under the leadership of AL, he said, adding those who think that AL's position is as like as a house of cards are living in a fool's paradise.

Pointing to the engineers, the minister urged them to play a significant role in implementing the government's mega plans to attain the goal of building a prosperous Bangladesh by 2041.

He expressed his optimism that the engineers would take ahead the development programmes of the government with their merit and sincere efforts.