Political leaders, activists are vanguards of commoners’ interest: Quader

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DHAKA, August 11, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said political leaders and activists are vanguards in protecting the interest of commoners.

“A real political leader or worker never gets involved in politics being fallen in greed. He or she comes to politics with great ideology and values,” he told a discussion through videoconferencing from his official residence here.

Swechasebak League arranged the discussion on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Institution of Diploma Engineers in the city as part of the programme of National Mourning Day.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said politics is a mission, not a profession at all.

Although general people remain inactive, political leaders and workers must be active to protect the interest of commoners, he said.

Highlighting the life and works of Bangabandhu, Quader said protesting any unjust was the instinct of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which had driven him to join politics.

“Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman joined politics voluntarily. He was a candidate of people’s love. He was a social worker and a patriot too. Loving the Bangalee nation, he did not hesitate to walk gallows,” the AL general secretary said.

Chaired by Swechasebak League president Nirmal Ranjan Guha and moderated by its general secretary Afzalur Rahman Babu, the discussion was addressed, among others, by AL joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim.

Pro-Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal read out a keynote paper on Bangabandhu.

Swechasebak League leaders Gazi Mesbaul Hossain Chachu, M Abdur Razzaque, Abdul Alim and AKM Monwarul Islam Bipul were present.