Dhaka – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday harshly criticized BNP for blaming his party’s role in depositing money to Swiss Bank and said it is not AL, it is BNP that is a platform of money launderers.“It is proved that BNP is party of money launders because its top leaders Tarique Rahman and his brother Arafat Rahman Koko were involved in money laundering which is proved by the court,” he said.
Quader came up with the statements while addressing a press conference after holding a meeting with the party’s departmental secretaries, at the party president Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office in the city.
The AL general secretary also said that his party will take stern action if its leaders are found involvement in money laundering. “Whoever involved in this connection is not a matter. No compromise with the money launderers,” he added.
Earlier on the day BNP’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed alleged in a press conference that ruling AL leaders are involved in sending money to Swiss Bank.
According to Swiss National Bank's (SNB's) data in its annual report, ‘Banks in Switzerland 2016,’ Bangladeshi nationals' deposits in Swiss banks rose 20.18 percent compared to the preceding year of 2015 and amounted to Tk 5,575 crore. The amount was Tk 4,423 crore in 2015.
Quader, also road transport and bridges minister said the words of democracy don’t suit with BNP as the party does not believe in democracy. BNP is spreading falsehood one after another just because of making a issue so that they can survive as a political party by using media.
About the outcome of the party’s secretarial meeting, AL general secretary said the list of assistant secretary of the party’s central sub-committee will be completed within a week and the number of assistant sectaries will not be more than hundred. – Staff Reporter
