Awami League (AL) Presidium member Obaidul Qader yesterday called the overnight expulsion of BNP vice chairman Barrister Nazmul Huda as an “erratic act” saying it reflected the lapses of democratic exercise in the main opposition party.
“It appeared as a wayward and erratic act . . . such a 'tughlagi kando' is possible only in BNP,” said Qader, also the chairman of parliamentary standing committee on information ministry, as he was speaking at a discussion on good governance.
He said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia could strip someone off his party membership and reinstate him in the party with a stroke of pen as the party lacked practice of internal democracy.
Qader recalled that once renegade BNP leader Salahuddin Qader Chowdhury was expelled from the party in that “wayward and erratic manner” but he returned to BNP in the same way.
“This is not possible in Awami League,” he told the discussion organised by Janatar Protyasha, social organization, at Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium with its convener MA Karim in the chair.
The speakers called upon BNP to return to parliament and discuss issues related to public interest, as it is the centre for debate and resolving of all issues.
AL's Organising Secretary Ahmmad Hossain, Dhaka City AL Health Secretary Dilip Roy, Muktijoddha Shamannoy Parishad Vice President Akram Hossain and Krishak League leader Khandokar Shamsul Haque also spoke at the function.
Urging the opposition BNP to refrain from destructive programmes like hartal, Qader said the agitation programme on the street would not bring good for the people. This would rather enhance sufferings of the people, he said urging the opposition to join parliament session and play their due role.
“Awami League and BNP are not each other's enemy. We are just political rivals while our common enemies are poverty, militancy and corruption,” he said.
-Daily Star
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