Fakhrul insults war heroes by dubbing Khaleda as freedom fighter: Quader
Awami League General Secretary
Obaidul Quader today said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam actually
insulted the glory of valiant women freedom fighters and sacrifice of all war
heroes by calling his party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia a freedom fighter.
He said this in a statement
condemning and protesting Mirza Fakhrul’s comments
published and aired in different print and electronic media.
Quader, also road transport and
bridges minister, said BNP, which is engaged in their traditional evil politics
of falsehood, is continuously spreading propaganda in a purposeful way.
Mentioning that anti-liberation evil
forces are key forces of BNP, he said dubbing Khaleda as a female freedom
fighter by Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is a cock and bull story.
“I hope BNP
leaders will refrain from making such fabricated stories. They should realize
that people repeatedly boycotted them due to their involvement in arrogant
activities like distortion of the history of the Liberation War,” he said.
He said Mirza Fakhrul and other BNP
leaders are now talking about money laundering. The people know who the
kingpins of money laundering are and who looted and laundered crores of money
by creating Hawa Bhaban.
Bangladesh became world champions in
corruption when BNP was in power but they are now talking about money
laundering, he said, adding that such acts of BNP are nothing but ‘the devil
listening to the Scriptures’.
Quader said Khaleda’s son and
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s
bribe-taking from German technology institution Siemens Group during the BNP
regime has been proved in the testimony of US intelligence service FBI in
court.
In the same time, Tarique’s bribe
scandal with Chinese Harbin Company is also known to all, he added.
Different international media also
published Zia family’s involvement in corruption, he
mentioned.
The minister said during the BNP
regime, Khaleda’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko had
laundered money to Singapore which was brought back to Bangladesh by the Awami
League government.
On one hand BNP leaders talk about
money laundering, on the other hand they sent logistics to fugitive convict
Tarique Rahman for leading a lavish life.
Quader said the people know that BNP
appointed lobbyists in different countries to save war criminals, defeated
forces of the Liberation War and convict BNP leaders and to implement the
anti-government conspiracy.
The people also know about BNP’s money
making by giving party nominations in different elections and giving posts and
positions in different units of the party as well as laundering of money by BNP
leaders, he said.
Turning to development and progress
of the country, the minister said Bangladesh has achieved unprecedented
development in every socio-economic index under the dynamic leadership of Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The people’s living
standard also improved a lot and investment is also increasing gradually as the
country’s money
stays in the country, he mentioned.
He said as there is economic
stability and good governance in the country, inflation remains under control.
Quader said the wheels of economy
also kept rolling in Bangladesh during the global coronavirus pandemic.
IMF and other international
organizations praised Bangladesh’s economic
progress and building a strong economic structure, he added.
He urged the BNP leaders to make
constructive comments instead of making incoherent remarks.