Quader urges BNP not to play with fire

General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today urged BNP not to play with fire.

Pointing fingers at the BNP leaders, he said, “Do not play with fire. I will burn the hand that plays with fire,” he told a discussion organized by Awami League (AL) at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) here.

Presided over by Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, deputy leader of the parliament and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Begum Matia Chowdhury, Dr Abdur Razzak, Dr Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Awami League Joint General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, AFM Bahauddin Nasim and Dipu Moni, AL Organizing Secretary Ahmed Hossain, president of Dhaka North city AL Sheikh Bazlur Rahman and president of Dhaka South city AL Abu Ahammad Mannafi spoke, among others.

Quader said, “Why so many jumps? There is no benefit in doing jumping… I will burn the hand that plays with fire.”

The discussion was organized marking the 43rd homecoming day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Quader said, “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not go abroad to complain. She went to make the country’s economy more prosperous. After her tour, she does not return empty-handed.”

About the recognition of community clinics by the United Nations, he said after assuming power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina developed the innovative initiative of community clinics model and the Awami League government has set up community clinics across the country.

But the then BNP government shut down the community clinics after coming to power, he added.

Mosharraf Hossain said, “We got back democracy, we got back the right to vote as Sheikh Hasina came back to the country.”

“Under her leadership, the country is moving forward. We have to work unitedly to get people’s mandate in favour of Awami League in the next general election,” he added.