BNP never increased workers’ wages during its regime: Obaidul Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said BNP never increased the wages of the workers while they were in power.

Describing BNP-Jamaat as an evil force, he said they shot dead labourers who were agitating for salary and bonus, killed farmers who were agitating for fertilizer and murdered ordinary people who were agitating for electricity, according to BSS.

“Today, they talked about the rights of working people. But they never increased the wages of the workers while in power,” Obaidul Quader said in a statement on Thursday.

He said the BNP-Jamaat made the life of working people miserable by shutting down different factories, including the Adamjee Jute Mills.

On the other hand, Awami League has increased the salaries of garment workers as well as tea workers after coming to power, he said, adding that the living standard of all, including working people, has improved.

Quader further said that Awami League always comes to power with the people's vote.

Awami League is not like a political party which came into being from the pocket of a military dictator, he said, adding that this party led the struggles for establishment of all rights, including democratic rights, of the people of this country, he said.

In continuation of that, Awami League is working to establish people's voting rights and other rights, he added.

He said that the 12th national election, held on January 7 last, was fairer than all the elections held in the country after 1975.

 “Awami League has come to power through elections by ensuring people's right to vote and is running the country with people's mandate,” he said.