Dhaka Bureau: Road Transport and Bridges Minister and General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Obaidul Quader said that the election will not be held as suggested by the outside world. He said, “We are not going to the elections looking at anyone’s visa policy. Our eyes are on the Constitution. To the people.
He said these things in the discussion meeting on the occasion of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev’s Rath Yatra festival at Shamibagh ISKCON Ashram in Dhaka on Tuesday (June 20) afternoon. Obaidul Quader said that some quarters, including the BNP, have raised the demand for a neutral caretaker government. They are talking about fair elections.
For them, free and fair elections mean losing the Awami League elections. Bringing up Rabindranath’s quote, ‘Kadambini Moria proved karil se more nai’, he said, “The Awami League has to prove that the election was fair by losing the election. Criticizing Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), he said that TIB had reported that 77 people had died in the custody rally at Shapla Chattar in the capital on May 5. Later, it was seen that 66 students were taking classes in the madrasa.
The Indian High Commissioner was supposed to be present as the initiator of the event, but he was not. He was replaced by Mrinmoy Chakraborty, director of the Indari Gandhi Cultural Center of the Indian High Commission. Bangladesh ISKCON General Secretary and ISKCON Shamibagh Principal Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari presided over the discussion meeting, and Bangladesh ISKCON Joint General Secretary Gaurang Das Brahmachari delivered the welcome speech.
He wrote to the Indian High Commission, requesting special assistance for the construction of a yoga center and student hostel at the ISKCON Swamibagh Ashram in Dhaka. Along with that, he demanded a national holiday to observe Jagannathdev’s Rath Yatra properly.
Bangladesh Awami League Organizing Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, Bangladesh Awami League Executive Member Nirmal Chatterjee, Mahanagar Sarvajanin Puja Committee President Manindra Kumar Nath, General Secretary of Mahanagar Sarvajanin Puja Committee Professor Dr. Chandranath Poddar, etc.
