Politicians failed to make politics appealing
Politicians have failed to make politics appealing to honest and talented people and that is why they are not in politics these days, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
"We, who do politics, are responsible for this failure. It has to be acknowledged," he said while addressing the Jatiya Party (Manju) triennial council at the Engineers' Institute auditorium in the capital.
He urged the party leaders and activists to prepare for the next election and said, "The final game will be in January next year."
Stating that student politics lost its reputation, he said, "Politics will lose its character without the participation of good, honest, and bright individuals. Good people are not in politics these days. We have failed to make politics appealing."
Noting that democracy is crucial in saving Bangladesh, the AL leader also said that there is no alternative to Sheikh Hasina for continuing the country's development.
"Sheikh Hasina inaugurated 100 bridges in one day, but in politics we could not build any bridge. This is the reality."
He said, "We should have a political relationship. Democracy cannot survive like this."
A strong opposition party is needed to strengthen democracy, but some parties have surrendered time and again to a corrupt political party of the country, he said, adding, "Bad politics produces bad politicians."
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said bad politicians keep bad politics alive and that is exactly happening in Bangladesh.
About the formation of an alliance, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, before 11th Jatiya Sangsad elections, Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddique said, "Forging the alliance under the leadership of Dr Kamal Hossain was the biggest mistake of my life."
"I don't have an elder sister; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fulfilled that lack of elder sister. As long as Bangladesh exists, the spirit of the Liberation War should remain upheld," he said.
Talking at the programme, JP President Anwar Hossain Manju said there would be conflict and opposition in politics.
He added that steps would have to be taken to resist plotters of own party as well as from other parties.
AL Advisory Council member Amir Hossain Amu, also coordinator and spokesperson for the 14-party alliance, Rashed Khan Menon, president of Workers Party of Bangladesh, Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Dilip Barua, general secretary of Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal, and Sheikh Shahidul Islam, general secretary of JP, among others, also spoke.
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