Bangladesh Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday (Dec 5) said the party is working to ensure a flawless democracy in the country. The Awami League is working to ensure a flawless democracy in the country. Those who wants to foil the polls by enforcing Hartal and blockade is not any more a democratic force. Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, said this while talking to media after paying tributes to Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy by placing a wreath at his grave near Doyel Chattar in the capital, on the occasion of his 60th death anniversary. He added: "I don't know whether absolutely flawless democracy or any perfect democracy exists anywhere in the world. But Bangladesh is working for it."
The Awami League is struggling to make the democracy of Bangladesh free from all sorts of defects and it has become possible to make an independent situation for the democracy in Bangladesh by dint of the personal efforts of the Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he added.
Replying to a query of reporters on Awami League's Dhaka rally on Dec 10, Quader said, Awami Legaue decided to hold a rally on Dec 10 marking the Human Rights Day. But the decision was canceled as the Election Commission denied giving permission.
On the Human Rights Day, he said that the Awami League had a programme to hold a big rally at the South Gate of Baitul Mukarram, and now the rally will be held inside respecting the electoral rules.
Paying tributes to the memory of Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Quader said, "Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy, a pioneer of democracy, was a fearless hero of the democracy."
Suhrawardy fought his whole life for democracy and served in jail many times by Pakistani forces, the Awami League general secretary added.
Awami League presidium member Dr Abdur Razzaque, joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organizing secretary BM Mozammel Haque, office secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, education and human resource affairs secretary Shamsunnahar Chapa, agriculture and cooperatives affairs secretary Faridunnahar Laily, deputy publicity and publication affairs secretary Syed Abdul Awal Shamim, deputy secretary Sayem Khan and executive member Sahabuddin Faraji, among others, were present.
