AL won't entertain corrupt leaders

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday urged party leaders and activists to refrain from committing misdeeds.

"The Awami League does not need the leaders who take bribes for recruitment of police, sweepers and night guards," he said at a commemorative meeting for former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, organised by Chittagong AL at the historic Laldighi ground.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, asked the local leaders to include in different committees the activists who worked for the party during its difficult times but now are sidelined.

He said, “When I told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that we [the senior leaders of AL] have come to the port city for the meeting, she mentioned one thing she wants among us is unity.”

If the party remains united, none would be able to defeat AL in the next national polls in Chittagong, he added.

Quader also urged the ruling party leaders to organise new and young voters, especially female voters, in a bid to win the next election.

Housing and Public Works Minister Eng Mosharraf Hossain, AL Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, its Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud and CCC Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin were also present.