Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the only political strategy of Bangladesh Nationalist Party is to oppose the government on all issues, reports news agency BSS.

“Opposition is its only political strategy. So, how will the BNP add colour to the developing rainbow of democracy?” he questioned while speaking at a virtual media briefing on contemporary affairs from his official residence on parliament premises in the capital.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the BNP is far away from the role that the people expect from the party to strengthen democratic institutions in the country.

The AL general secretary further said the BNP’s politics is based on conspiracy, not on democracy, and the party has proved it time and again.

Observing that not only the election commission (EC) but also the opposition party has many things to learn from the US election, Quader said the EC is a constitutional body and it is working under the constitutional process.

About BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s comments on judiciary, he said the judiciary is working completely independently.

In recent incidents, Quader said, some AL leaders and activists have been sentenced and are getting punished as the government does not intervene in anything, which proves that the judiciary is working independently.

Noting that the Anti-Corruption Commission is also working independently, he said cases are being filed against the public representatives of the ruling party at different levels and they are being punished.