Stating that Awami League does not believe in political vendetta, General Secretary Obaidul Quader said BNP is the “father of the politics of vengeance”.
He said that the August 15 killings, the grenade attack on August 21 prove who does the politics of revenge.
Quader, also minister of road transport and bridges, came up with the remarks at a press briefing at Setu Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday, a day after BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's allegation that the arrest warrants for BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman were issued as part of the government's political vengeance, reports UNB.
Speaking at a press conference at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office, Fakhrul also said the government has been using false cases as a political weapon to suppress the opposition and create a ground for depoliticization in the country.
In a counter statement, Quader said that the arrest warrants for BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman is a legal process.
"Finding the faults of the government and blaming it for everything is the regular practice and culture of BNP. The court issued arrest warrants for Tarique and his wife Zubaida in a graft case filed by the ACC. This is a legal process, there is no interference from the government here," he said.
“ACC is also filing cases against many from the ruling party and investigation is ongoing against some of them as the ACC is playing an independent role in this regard,” he added.
In response to the BNP secretary general's statement that the government is worried about the Zia family, Quader said that everyone knows the history of misrule and corruption of the Zia family.
A BNP leader is now in exile for corruption, looting and misdeeds, he even has no courage to come back to the country, said Quader.