Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday alleged that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who is now in London, is conspiring with the quota reform protesters.
The AL general secretary came up with allegation while briefing the journalists after a meeting with the senior leaders of Awami League and the presidents and general secretaries of affiliated organisations at AL president鈥檚 Dhanmondi office in Dhaka.
Stating that prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 statement is being distorted, Quader said that BNP and Jamaat as well as their like-minded parties were also involved in this.
The prime minister did not address the quota movement protestors as Razakar.
鈥楢 particular section is conspiring. There is a conspiracy against democracy, there is a conspiracy at home and abroad to overthrow the elected government鈥�, Quader added.
He said that Tarique Rahman was a convicted accused and his party did not participate in the election fearing to lose in polls.
BNP has repeatedly failed in movement, Quader said, adding that the party wanted to harvest the fruits of quota movement.
Stating that Tarique Rahman has taken the leadership of the quota reform movement, Quader said that Tarique was conspiring to turn the non-political movement into a political movement by supporting it.
The Awami League leader termed the movement across the country as an anti-government movement in the name of quota reform and alleged that BNP and Jamaat were planning sabotage from their social media pages.
鈥榊esterday [Monday], unprovoked attacks were carried out on common students including Chhatra League on Dhaka University campus. Blaming the Chhatra League has become a fashion. 500 of our activists were injured yesterday. We strongly condemn this incident鈥�, he added.
There is no chance of using force without the Supreme Court order regarding quota, he said and added that those who were daydreaming of power movement through the quota movement, their dreams would flee soon.
鈥榃e will resist the movement that targets the liberation war. The government will not accept public suffering in the name of movement and humiliation of liberation war in any way,鈥� he said.