Quader: BNP trying to instigate communalism

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the communal and militant forces are trying to rise again in the country under the leadership of BNP.

“BNP is the home for communal violence and militancy. Communal forces are working under the leadership of BNP. It is trying to create arson terrorism again,” he said.

Quader said these after paying rich tributes to the language martyrs by placing wreaths at Azimpur graveyard here on the occasion of Shaheed Dibash (Martyrs Day) and the International Mother Language Day.

In response to the allegation of BNP leaders that “AL has destroyed the election system by establishing one-party rule”, the veteran AL leader said that the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) was formed in 1975.

“It was not a party. It was a national party comprising several political parties,” he added.

“I would like to remind BNP once again that Ziaur Rahman, the founder of BNP, joined BaKSAL by giving application to BaKSAL chairman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman officially,” he said.

BNP has no rights to slander that party which Ziaur Rahman joined by giving application, Quader added.