Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has called for removing the “poisonous trees of communal forces, led by the BNP.”
"Communalism is the barrier to the development of the country. The poisonous tree of communalism has spread its branches under the leadership of the BNP. We will uproot this poisonous tree. This is our commitment on this Martyrs’ Day," Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, told reporters on Wednesday.
The minister was talking to journalists after paying homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement by laying a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka marking Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day.
Noting that February 21 is the foundation of independent Bangladesh, Quader said the foundation of Bangladesh was laid through the Language Movement under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
After passing various milestones in the struggle for independence, Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech gave direction to everyone to make the country independent, he added.
He said Bangladesh, which became independent on December 16, 1971, has now reached a new height of development and prosperity.
