Ruling Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday called for resisting the evil force like Bangladesh Nationalist Party as the party was the ‘mastermind’ of killings and conspiracies in Bangladesh.

‘We must have to resist the evil force like BNP so that the democracy,liberation war of the country could be protected and also for saving non- communal sense of humanity as well,’ he said.

The minister told the reporters after paying homage to Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib at the Banani graveyard in Dhaka marking her 93rd birth anniversary in the morning.

Terming BNP as the ‘mastermind’ of killings and conspiracies in Bangladesh, the ruling party leader said, ‘The politics of brutal carnage and conspiracies which once started in the country in 1975 with the assassination of Bangabandhu on August 15, murdering of four national leaders on November 3 and the grenade attack on August 21 in 2004, in which Bangabandhu’s daughter prime minister Sheikh Hasina was the main target.’

Even the murder of 23 people including Awami League leader Ivy Rahman, only BNP is the party behind all those killings, Quader said, adding, ‘BNP is the mastermind of killings and conspiracies in Bangladesh.’

Remembering the contribution of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Quader said that the nation was observing her 93rd birth anniversary on Tuesday as she would be remembered for her ‘wonderful’ sacrifices.

Begum Mujib was not only the wife of Sheikh Mujib but also a dedicated comrade, he said, adding, ‘She [Begum Mujib] was such a nearest associate of Bangabandhu who always encouraged and inspired him from behind to move forward during all crises.’