By Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Nov 29, 2023The rift between GM Quader and Raushan Ershad, the two most known leaders of the Jatiya Party, has put the parliament’s main opposition in serious trouble. Leader of the opposition and JP chief patron Raushan Ershad and her son Rahgir Almahe Ershad MP yesterday said they would not participate in the January 7 election under the leadership of party Chairman GM Quader. The main reason behind…
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report in Prothom Alo, Nov 6, 2023Terming the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as a ‘party of terrorists’, governing Bangladesh Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said no dialogue can be held with that party. “The phase of dialogue has ended. Once we told them to scrape the conditions for dialogue but that time has ended,” he said. Obaidul Quader made these remarks while replying to queries from journalists at the Awami League’s central office on…
Report in Prothom Alo, Oct 16, 2023The decision on election-time government will be taken after the announcement of the polls-schedule, said governing Bangladesh Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday. He was addressing a press briefing at the secretariat. Asked, Obaidul Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, said there could be an election-time government. The way it was during the previous elections, that is the polls-time government, he insisted. Quader also stated that…
report in Prothom Alo, Aug 18, 2023GM Quader, chairman of Jatiya Party (JaPa) and deputy leader of the opposition in parliament, has warned the people that they might have to live a slave’s life if the current rule continues. “The people have lost their sense of ownership over the country and turned to a type of slave. A Lathial Bahini (thugs equipped with sticks) has been formed with the beneficiaries, to manage the slaves,” he…
report in The Daily Star, July 10, 2023 Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP has secret ties with Israel and its intelligence agency. “The meeting between a representative of the Israeli intelligence agency and a senior BNP leader was exposed to the media. BNP is always involved in such anti-state activities,” he said in a statement. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir…
report in Prothom Alo, June 3, 2023The rift in Jatiya Party (JaPa) has come to fore again over keeping or removing Mashiur Rahman as opposition chief whip in the parliament. JaPa chairman GM Quader has sent a letter to the speaker on appointing Fakhrul Imam in place of Mashiur. Meanwhile, the party’s chief patron Raushon Ershad has sent another letter to the speaker urging Mashiur to be kept in the post. The issue has disclosed…
report in Prothom Alo, May 31, 2023Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman GM Quader has said it seems that the United States is very sincere for a fair election. However, many things will depend on the execution or effectiveness of the US visa policy. GM Quader, also the deputy leader of the opposition party, made the remark on Tuesday afternoon while replying to the newsmen’s queries at his Banani residence. The JaPa leader said, “We are taking…
by Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Jan 1, 2023As rifts persist between Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and the chief patron Raushan Ershad, the party is going to mark its 37th founding anniversary today. The rivalry started over who gets to be at the helm of the party when JP founder HM Ershad fell terminally ill early 2019. The conflict reached its peak after Ershad died in July that year. Since then, the rift…