He brands such leaders as ‘hybrid leaders’ ones
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday accused a section of Awami League leaders of using the occasion of the National Mourning Day as the means of their ‘self-publicity’.
“Billboards with images have flooded AL offices, the Secretariat and every intersection of the streets. On the billboards, the images of Bangabandhu are smaller than that of those who have sponsored those,” he said addressing a discussion meeting at the Secretariat.
“Why are your images larger than that of Bangabandhu?” he questioned adding, “There’s boastfulness in your self-publicity. And there’s no love in your hearts. You aren’t Bangabandhu’s soldiers.”
Terming such leaders as ‘hybrid leaders’, Quader said, “The country has been flooded with petty leaders. Even if the there’s no bountiful production of crops every year, there’ll be a bumper production of such leaders in the country.”
The minister also urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia not to cut her birthday cake on August 15.
The discussion meeting was organised by Sochibalaya Karmakarta-Karmachari Oikya Parishad.
Source: UNB
So, hundreds of thousands people that may have been born on 15 th August may not celebrate their birthdays simply because AL is mourning the death of their leader on that day. Isn’t that asking a bit too much? Why should AL make such an unreasonable demand? What is their fault if they were born on that day? As it is, AL has declared the month of August a month of mourning. Why? Let them pull out the newspapers of 15 August 1975 and look at the front page and I am sure they will find a lot to celebrate on that day also.