DHAKA, Feb 2, 2022 (BSS) - General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader today said the BNP is a political party, which is brittle and dependent on others. 

He came up with the remark while speaking at a press conference at his secretariat office here.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the BNP went to foreigners and foreign missions, not to the country’s people, but to assume power.  

“Foreigners will not bring them (BNP) in power. The people of this country can bring them in power,” he said. 

Quader said the BNP has admitted that it hired lobbyists abroad against the country and now the party is saying that a Bangladesh expatiate has been working for it. 

“Who is this Bangladesh expatiate? Why are not you (BNP leaders) revealing his or her identity?” he questioned. 

The AL general secretary said the BNP leaders mentioned that they had 
moral support for such activities and they expressed solidarity with those.

  "People know the real identity of BNP...they (people) will not be confused 
at all," he added.

  About the BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's letters sent 
to development partners, Quader said: "In their words, the letters were sent 
to them to restore human rights and democracy. At least, they admitted 
writing the letters." 

   The BNP leaders frequently talk about sovereignty and democracy, he said, 
questioning, "Can calling upon the foreigners to establish democracy be the 
work of a political party in an independent state?" 

  The minister said those, who killed people through patrol bombs, carried 
out steamrollers of torture on minorities, involved in looting and 
irregularities in the name 'Hawa Bhaban', are now talking about human rights, 
which makes people laughed.

  Being failure in movement and elections, the BNP wants now the intervention 
of foreigners to come to power again, he said.
 
  "This is only possible for a boneless political party like the BNP," he 
added.

  Responding to different allegations of the BNP leaders over democracy, 
Quader said they do not see the Bangladesh's transition in the world economy.

  When Bangladesh is called a role model of development and achievement, the 
BNP does not realise it, he said, adding that the party wants this country to 
become a troublesome and bloody state.

  Mentioning that Bangladesh would move forward at an indomitable pace under 
the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the AL general secretary said 
the country will never go back to that dark regime of BNP.

  He said the BNP not only hired lobbyist firms abroad spending millions of 
dollars, but also hatched an intrigue to hire the FBI to kidnap Prime 
Minister Sheikh Hasina's Information and Technology Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

  Quader said the plot to 'physically harm' Sajib Wazed Joy, the son of the 
prime minister and grandson of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh 
Mujibur Rahman, was proved against Rizvi Ahmed Caesar, a BNP activist living 
in the United States.  

  During the trial, he said, Caesar told the court that he in collusion with 
his ally Johannes Thaler bribed an FBI special agent to gather information 
aiming to abduct Sajeeb Wazed Joy and his family members.

  Caesar also told the court that he had received a proposal of Taka 4.5 
crore from the BNP's high command for this work and this was recorded in the 
US court documents, Quader said, adding that this issue was published in 
various international news outlets.