BNP brings Jamaat on field to carry out arson attacks: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP has brought Jamaat-e-Islami in field to carry out arson terrorism.

“Jamaat’s real guardian – BNP – brings it in the field. It means, they are preparing to carry out arson terrorism and vandalism again,” he told a rally arranged by Dhaka City North AL at Nikunja playground in the capital.

Quader said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been making absurd comments.

If BNP wants peaceful atmosphere, it should forget the issues of caretaker government system, Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and dissolution of parliament, he said.

Noting that AL doesn’t fear the new visa policy of the US, the minister said they are taking preparation for a free and fair national election. BNP will have to pay price if it makes any mistake, he said.

Mentioning that BNP holds picnic party in the name of rally, the AL general secretary said BNP will again hold road march and now their allies are 52 parties.

Many of those parties have fled internally and now BNP’s unity is a hodgepodge one, he mentioned.

The movement, which has no leader or people’s engagement, cannot turn into a mass movement, he said.

“Movement needs leader but both leaders of BNP are convicts. One is in hospital and the other is a fugitive in London. Tarique Rahman is giving order online everyday staying in London. Without abiding by the court verdict, he is sending orders from the bank of Thames,” he said.