Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that Awami League was the name of going ahead gallantly through a long struggle and movement against storm, darkness and autocracy.
鈥楢wami League had played a crucial role in establishing the right to vote and right to food the people. The age of the organization is 75 years,鈥� he told a discussion organised by AL Dhaka South city unit marking the anniversary of the party.
Quader said, 鈥榃e sing the song of the victory standing in the procession of death row... we fly the flag of creation standing on the end of destruction. Our roots are deeply rooted in the soil of Bangladesh. We didn鈥檛 grab power at the gunpoint in the wee hours. The countrymen had joined the Liberation War under the leadership of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.鈥�
Terming the BNP鈥檚 movement as 鈥榤ade in London鈥�, the AL general secretary said that the movement of BNP had no strength. 鈥楤NP talks only and their movement is fake. AL doesn鈥檛 fear in any way to this end,鈥� he added.
Tarique Rahman, he said, is a name of 鈥榯repidation鈥� for BNP leaders as orders come from the bank of the Thames River at midnight.
AL joint general secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said that all achievements of the country realised under the leadership of the Awami League. Bangladesh is now a role model before the world, he said.
Bangladesh, he said, would turn into a developed country by 2041 under the leadership of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
AL joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim said that Awami League was the most popular party in the sub-continent.
AL presidium members Abdur Razzak, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and Quamrul Islam, cultural affairs secretary Ashim Kumar Ukil and executive committee members Shahabuddin Farazi and Sayeed Khokan, among others, addressed the discussion.
