KNF won't be able to create unrest in hills: Quader
BNP trying to capitalise on the KNF issue, he says
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the armed Kuki-Chin National Front in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) will not be able to create unrest in the area.
"Kuki-Chin will not be able to create unrest in the whole CHT. The government has taken a strong stance. This is an isolated incident. Overall peace in the hills will not be disturbed," he said while speaking at a press conference at the AL president's Dhanmondi political office in the capital.
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the home minister has visited the CHT area and a joint operation is going on there.
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"The BNP is looking for issues to conceal its failure. After failing in the Myanmar issue, now the BNP is trying to capitalise on the Kuki-Chin issue. This is an isolated incident. This will not impact the overall peace situation in the hills. So finding a new issue about it, the BNP will fail too," the AL general secretary said.
Claiming that the BNP does not have the capacity to wage a movement, he said it has lost all its energy as its leaders and activities are disappointed with the leadership of the party.
"They are disappointed in Tarique (BNP acting chairman). Their leader is not in the country, so how will a movement be waged with a remote control? Is it possible? If you want to wage a movement, you have to come to the streets. People will not respond to the call of remote control," he said.
Blaming the BNP for the existing condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Quader said the party failed in the movement and its party's legal battle too.
About the upcoming upazila parishad elections, he said the candidatures to the polls have been opened, meaning that anyone can contest the elections in an open environment.
Lawmakers and ministers will not interfere in the elections and the administration will remain neutral, the AL general secretary said, adding that after the finalisation of the candidature, if anyone violates the party instructions, organisational measures will be taken against him or her.
