“Where is the BNP? There are 1,896 candidates in the election and we are ready to compete. But they (BNP) have fled away as its one-point movement fell in the ditch of Paltan,” he told an election rally of AL at Bangabandhu Udyan in Barishal city this afternoon.
AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spoke at the rally as the chief guest.
Quader said there is no leader except AL President Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh who has the courage to acknowledge his or her past mistakes and vows to correct those.
AL President Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has shown the courage and stated that the AL would take lessons from its past mistakes, he said.
Hoping that the AL will win in the next parliamentary polls to be held on January 7 t, the AL general secretary said Barishal was a base of Bangabandhu and it is also a base of Sheikh Hasina’s victory today.
AL Advisory Council Members Amir Hossain Amu and Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Office Secretary Biplab Barua, International Affairs Secretary Shammi Ahmed, Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, AL candidate for Barishal-6 Abdul Hafiz Mollik, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of Jatiya Party (JP) Anwar Hossain Manju and AL candidate for Jhalakathi-1 Barrister Shahjahan Omar were present at the rally with Barishal District AL President Abul Hasnat Abdullah in the chair.
