No Politics, Stand by People: Quader to BNP

Awami League Secretary-General Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged BNP  to stand by people who are refraining from trying to make political gains in this coronavirus crisis.

"BNP leaders are busy attacking the government by conducting press conferences instead of standing by people," he said in a press briefing at his residence in the city.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Tuesday that people are not providing care in hospitals because the government is unable to cope with the current situation. "We constantly claim that we will always step together to defend the country from the humanitarian point of view rather than from the political point of view of the present crisis."

He said the government has to hammer out a roadmap for how minority parties and government workers can be successfully employed to resolve the crisis.

Fakhrul also suggested the government to form a national committee to contain the coronavirus outbreak and its fallout. “We’re not criticizing the government for the sake of opposing its activities. We want to cooperate with the government as we called for working unitedly to tackle the current situation,” he told reporters at his Uttara residence.

Quader, also Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, spoke about success in the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, stating that 78.50 percent of the construction has already been completed.

Meanwhile, the AL Subcommittee on Relief and Social Welfare provided security gear to numerous hospitals and social organizations in the Dhanmondi Political Office of the Party President.

Source: UNB