DHAKA: Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said all of those who joined the AL from other parties are not intruders.

“If there is allegation of wrongdoings or link with communalism against them, they’re intruders,” he told reporters after a meeting with the party’s joint general secretaries and organizing secretaries.

The meeting held at the AL central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on Friday (November 8).

Quader added that many persons joined AL, with a clean image, and they are not intruders.

He, also the road transport and bridges minister, reiterated that the wrongdoers and those having links with communal forces will not be placed in the fresh committees of AL.

Later, AL Central Working Committee leaders exchanged views with Rajshahi district unit AL leaders at the party’s central office.

AL Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim said councils of different organization units in Rajshahi district will be held ahead of the national council.

AL Joint General Secretaries Dr Dipu Moni, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, Organizing Secretary and State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, AL Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, Deputy Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Central Working Committee Member Nurul Islam Thandu, Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Rajshahi district AL President Omar Faruk Chowdhury and General Secretary Asaduzzaman Asad were present on the occasion, among others.

BDST: 1950 HRS, NOV 08, 2019

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