Bangladesh Not Facing Crisis, BNP is in Deep Cisis: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said that people of the country are not facing any trouble, rather it is BNP and its politics that are in crisis.

Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said this in a statement – protesting the statement of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Mirza Fakhrul on Monday said the nation has been facing a terrible crisis, solely due to lack of democracy. “We must overcome this crisis,” he said.

Fakhrul made the remark while exchanging greetings with members of the Hindu community and distinguished personalities at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office.  

“People think that the biggest threat to the country’s independence and sovereignty is BNP,” Quader said, adding that the values of the Liberation War and democracy are not safe in the hands of BNP.

There is no crisis over democracy in Bangladesh, the crisis is in BNP’s mentality, Quader said. BNP leaders always present “artificial crisis” in their speeches, he said.

In the statement, the AL leader expressed hope that BNP will be back on the right track through embracing the spirit of the Liberation War and democratic values.

BNP threatens movement every day but they do not know who the leader of their movement is, he also said.

Quader said that the chairperson and the acting chairman of BNP are both convicted, and Khaleda Zia is convicted for embezzling money belonging to orphans. “Bangabandhu’s daughter allowed her the opportunity to receive treatment at home on humanitarian grounds,” he added.