BNP in trouble over visa policy, AL has no headache: Quader
The Awami League has no headache regarding any sanction, said the party's General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, adding that the BNP is in trouble over the USA's new visa policy.
"We will hold a free and fair election. We have set a brilliant example of that in Gazipur. Therefore, Sheikh Hasina is not worried about which foreign country imposes sanctions or stops providing visa," said Obaidul Quader on Saturday at a rally in the capital's Badda area.
"In the new visa policy the USA has said they will not provide visas to anyone who obstructs free and fair elections. We have nothing to worry about. By organising a fair election in Gazipur, we have shown that we will hold fair elections," said Obaidul Quader, the chief guest at the rally organised by the Dhaka North Awami League unit to protest against the threat to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
"The BNP leaders' voices sank and they paled at the thought of the USA's new visa policy. The BNP is not afraid of elections, it is afraid of Sheikh Hasina and her party Awami League who are taking the country forward," he continued.
"The next election will be the final game – a contest between the symbols 'Boat' and 'Paddy Sheaf'. Bangladeshi people do not want 'Paddy Sheaf'. Get ready," said the Awami League general secretary.
He also said it has become clear that the BNP was making dramas in Keraniganj and Khagrachari. They are doing this to portray the Awami League as an aggressor. In the recently released visa policy, the USA said anyone who obstructs elections will face consequences. That is why the BNP has taken the new strategy of making drama.