DHAKA, Oct 18, 2019 (BSS) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami
League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today called the killing of Sheikh
Russel, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, an abominable crimes in the human civilisation’s history.
“The assassination of Sheikh Russel is one of the despicable crimes in the
history of human civilisation. Women and children were not targeted at any
political killing in the history of civilisation…but women and children
have fallen prey to political killing in Bangladesh,” he said.
He said in choked voices, even, 10-year-old Russel did not escape the
political killing as he along with most of the family members, including his
father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was brutally killed on August 15,
1975.
He was talking to reporters after placing a wreath on the grave of Shaheed
Sheikh Russel on the occasion of his 56th birthday.
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Awami League (AL) presidium member
Matia Chowdhury, AL joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and
Jahangir Kabir Nanak, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury,
Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem, AL office
secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap, general secretary of AL Dhaka City South Unit
Shahe Alam Murad, Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote general secretary Arun Sarkar
Rana, actress Nutan and singer Rafiqul Alam were, among others, present.
Heavily came down on BNP, Quader said raising allegation is a disease of
BNP and it has nothing to do anything without it. “We hope that BNP would
come back to positive and people-centric politics, leaving the practices of
raising allegation,” he added.
The AL general secretary said BNP is carrying out propaganda against the
government and despite being a responsible opposition party, it is conducting
irresponsible activities.
“After being failure in elections and waging movement, now they (BNP
leaders) are looking for new issues. They find politics in all issues,” he said.
After safe road and quota reform movements, Quader said, BNP was trying to
find an issue in Abrar killing. But people would not respond to its politics
of finding new issues, he added.