Khaleda's politics depends on court's decision: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would be able to do politics and join polls depends on the court's decision.

"Khaleda Zia is now out of jail on humanitarian ground. Her conviction was not withdrawn. Her jail sentence has been postponed on humanitarian ground," he told a function in the city.

The function was arranged on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Dhaka University's Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall and reunion of its Alumni Association. 

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, repeated that it is up to the court's decision whether Khaleda Zia will be able to do politics and join polls or not.

Claiming that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working to change the fates of the country's people, he said the countrymen have rejected the BNP because of looting public money.

About the BNP's movement, the Awami League general secretary said the BNP's movement has witnessed an ebb while its leaders and workers are now talking nonsense. "People have rejected BNP." 

Responding to a statement of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Quader said the Awami League never practises the politics of luxury but the BNP does "pocket politics."