Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader.
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that it was very tough in reality to remove political differences with opposition parties in the country.
‘Everyone tries to say good words. The reality is very tough, and they know about this. Our economy is an internal matter. The whole world’s economy is facing a crisis due to the Russia-Ukraine war, and this is why the economy and businesses are facing pressure across the globe,’ he said at a press briefing held at AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhanmondi. He was responding to a reporter, who drew his attention to a recent remark by Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Mahbubul Alam.
In the Annual General Meeting of FBBCCI, Mahbubul said on Saturday that the country had started facing adverse impacts amid the economic crisis against the backdrop of the global geopolitical situation and that there was no alternative but to remove political violence and political differences to take the economy forward.
Quader, also the road, transport, and bridges minister, claimed that they were not free from the war crisis.
‘We did not create the crisis, but we have to pay the price,’ he added.
He said that the party might start its electoral campaign on December 20 by praying at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal and Hazrat Shah Paran in Sylhet.
‘There will be a public rally. It will be the first public rally of the election,’ he said.
Speaking about Human Rights Day, he alleged that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had broken all records of human rights violations.
He pointed out many human rights violations, including the grenade attack on August 21, 2004, and Operation Clean Heart during the BNP regime.
AL presidium members Jahangir Kabir Nanak, its joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organising secretaries Mirza Azam and Sujit Roy Nandi, and office secretary Biplab Barua were present, among others, at the briefing.
Earlier on the day, the AL also held a programme marking International Human Rights Day at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
A team from the recently launched Mayer Kanna platform, which is seeking justice over the reported execution or disappearance of some 1,400 servicemen in 1977, also spoke at the programme.
A video documentary was also screened at the event, where it portrayed the allegation of the reported execution or disappearance of some 1,400 servicemen in 1977 during the rule of BNP founding president Ziaur Rahman, the August 21 grenade attack in 2004, and BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami’s alleged violence on October 28 that led to the killing of a policeman.
New Age
