Awami League Presidium Member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said Chairperson of BNP Khaleda Zia was hatching conspiracy again with Jamaat-e-Islam to destabilise the country.
“The anti-forces had killed the family of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to ruin the spirit of our Liberation War,” he said while addressing the triennial conference of Naogoan district Awami League at Naojoyan field yesterday.
Referring to January 5 general election, Mohammad Nasim said martial law could have been promulgated in the country if the election was not held in time. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had protected democracy by holding the election.
The minister said: “There will be no election before 2019 as there is no chance to violate the constitution. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina do politics not to grab power. She is working to change the fate of country’s people.”
Presided over by district Awami League President AKM Fazley Rabbi, Awami League leaders Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapan, Jute and Textile Minister Imaj Uddin Pramanik, State Minister for Jute and Textiles Mirza Azam, State Minister for ICT Junayed Ahmed Palak, Colonnel (Rtd) Faruk Khan, Abdur Rahman, Khairuzzaman Liton, Sujit Roy Nandi and SM Kamal Hossain, among others, addressed the function.
Nasim said: “The BNP has done a great mistake by not participating in the last election. The BNP has to pay for their mistake.”
Referring to BNP’s threat of launching anti-government movement, he said the Awami League was not scared of any threat of the BNP.
Earlier, Mohammad Nasim opened the council in the afternoon by hoisting the national flag.
Around 30,000 leaders and workers of 11 upazilas of the district and its adjoining areas joined the council.