Awami League Presidium Member and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader sounded a note of warning for BNP against anarchy centering January 5.
“If BNP tries to create anarchy by resorting heinous attacks on life and properties centering January 5, they will be dealt with iron hand,” he said this on Saturday while addressing a rally marking 67th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Chhatra League at Aparajeyo Bangla of Dhaka University.
He said the country’s main enemies are communalism and extremism now.
The minister urged the youths to resist the communalism and extremism to build sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Awami League joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Organizing Secretaries Ahmad Hossain and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, AL leaders Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin and Liakat Sikdar and BCL General Secretary Siddiqui Nazmul Alam were present, among others, with BCL President HM Badiuzzaman Sohag in the chair.
Later, a colorful procession was brought out from the Aparajeyo Bangla.
Leaders and activists of different colleges and universities took part in the procession which paraded different city thoroughfares and ending at the organization central office on Bangabandhu Avenue here.
BCL, formerly known as East Pakistan Student League, is a Pro-Awami League students’ organization, founded on January 4, 1948.
‘BNP to be dealt with iron hand if tries to create anarchy’
