AL to extend all-out support to EC : Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday (16 November) said their party will extend all-out support to the Election Commission (EC) in holding a free, fair and neutral general election slated for January 7.

"We pledge that the government will abide by constitutional provisions, rules and regulations. We are pledge-bound to extend all-out cooperation in all election related activities," he said.

Quader was addressing a press conference at AL's Dhaka district unit office at Tejgaon here on the occasion of the announcement of election schedule by the EC on Wednesday.

The AL general secretary said his party never thinks of government changeover through conspiracy as the AL is always respectful of democracy and elections.

"Awami League never went to power without election or people's mandate. We struggled to establish people's right to vote," he said.

AL Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Kazi Zafar Ullah, Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, Kamrul Islam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, Joint General Secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretary Ahmed Hossain, Mirza Azam, Afzal Hossain and Sujit Roy Nandi, Information and Research Secretary Dr Selim Mahmud, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Science and Technology Secretary Abdus Sabur and Publicity and Publications Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap were present in the press conference.