PM has courage to bring corrupt to book: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has the courage to bring corrupt people to justice, reports BSS.

He said this while addressing a representatives' meeting at the party's Dhaka district office in the city's Tejgaon on Tuesday. Dhaka City North AL arranged the meeting to observe the historic Six-Point Day and AL's founding anniversary.

Quader said former IGP Benazir Ahmed and ex- army chief Aziz Ahmed are not anyone of AL. They became chiefs of their respective forces with their own capability, he added.

If their wrongdoings are found, Sheikh Hasina has courage to bring them to book, he said.

The AL general secretary said his party did not bring anyone to big positions of police, army, RAB or administrations by violating the discipline.

On the other hand, Khaleda Zia made Moeen Uddin Ahmed, who was in number nine in order, as the army chief by violating the disciplines.

"Who had created former IGP Shamsul Huda, SP Kohinur? he questioned adding Mirza Fakhrul might have forgotten BNP acting chief is a fugitive convict.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is well-known as an honest politician at home and abroad and there is no scope for raising question about her honesty, he said.

But BNP chief Khaleda Zia has been sentenced on corruption charges, he said adding that her jail term has been suspended and she can receive treatment staying at home due to the generosity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

" This BNP is now talking about corruption and money laundering," Quader said.

Terming BNP as the father of criminals, he said this party is trying to present their corrupt fugitive convict leader Tarique Rahman as a good person.

Quader said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) make comments on the same tone of BNP.

He questioned whether TIB and Shujan are B-team of BNP ?.

Highlighting different development works of the government, the minister said Bangladesh has made an unprecedented progress in the last 15 years.

During the tenure of AL government, Padma Bridge, metro-rail, elevated expressway and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel beneath Karnaphuli river in Chattogram have been built.