Awami League general secretary and road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that Awami League is united under the leadership of party president Sheikh Hasina.

He said this while talking to journalists after paying tribute at the portrait of the the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the capital.

Earlier, the newly-elected Awami League Central Working Committee and Advisory Council led by PM Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the morning.

‘We elected the leadership in a democratic way at the conference; most of the senior leaders were reelected,’ he said, adding that PM Sheikh Hasina understands the minds of party activists and leaders.

He observed that there were manifold challenges before the party centering the next national election, crisis being faced by the country due to global circumstances, extremism, and anti-government movement by the BNP.

The party president decided to keep the experienced leadership to face the upcoming challenges.

Quader said that he became general secretary of the party three times and his duties have increased.

‘It is my fortune that I obtained responsibility of Awami League and it is the decision of the Premier Sheikh Hasina,’ he added.