Quader warns BNP not to play with fire

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday warned any destructive programme, announced by the opposition parties including BNP, will be dealt with an iron hand on the streets.

“We are the old players of Rajpath (city streets). The BNP is new in this way. Let’s face it on the street. There will be final,” he said.

Quader made the remarks while talking to reporters after paying homage to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at her Banani grave here, marking her 92nd birth anniversary, BSS reports.

Asking the BNP not to play with fire, he said if they play with fire, its consequences will be dire.

The AL general secretary said Sheikh Mujib was able to become the Father of the Nation from Bangabandhu because he had found a noble woman like Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib beside him as an ally and fellow fighter.

If Bangabandhu did not find a woman having wisdom and patience like her, it would have been very hard for him to bring freedom to a nation, Quader said.

At first, he placed a wreath at Bangamata’s grave on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Later, the AL general secretary, along with other senior leaders, paid respects at the mausoleum of Fazilatunnesa Mujib on behalf of the party.