Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP set a record for human rights violations.
"The worst instances of the BNP’s human rights violations cannot be found anywhere else in the world. They have broken all the world records. We want to say this clearly. Talking about human rights does not suit them,” Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said at a press conference at the Awami League president's political office in Dhanmondi on Sunday.
He said despite widespread violations of human rights during the reigns of military dictator Ziaur Rahman and his wife, Begum Khaleda Zia, BNP leaders are not ashamed.
"Today BNP leaders say the Awami League government is at the top in human rights violations. But from 2001 to 2006, they killed around 21,000 Awami League leaders and activists," he added.
Quader said what happened on August 15, 1975 is rare in world history, and that atrocity was one of the biggest human rights violations.
Four national leaders were killed in jail, and these killings were carried out to annihilate pro-liberation forces, he said.
Regarding the BNP's blockade, he said the BNP's failed movement resulted in the old ways of blockades and hartals.
Quader said the Awami League is likely to launch its election campaign on December 20 in Sylhet.
About seat sharing with party allies, he said MP hopefuls can withdraw their candidacies until December 17, and the issue will be resolved before that.
