Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today (Dec 29) said that organizational measures will be taken within a week regarding Awami League's stampede in Rangpur.

The Minister said this while talking to reporters at Secretariat in the capital. 

"We did not interfere in Rangpur election. We did not even fight in the election. We knew that Jatiya party candidate was ahead in the polls," said Obaidul Quader.

He said it is a local election. It's not general election. Many things are considered in the local elections.

"We were behind in the election race but we did not try hard to go forward," he said adding, "We accepted the people's verdict."

AL didn't make any mistake in selecting candidate for the election, he added.

BDST: 1510 HRS, Dec 29, 2022
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