<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Dubbed BNP as a communal evil force, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP itself is a communal entity making the party a common platform for anti-liberation forces.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“BNP had kept democracy captive …even the spirit of the Liberation War was also ignored during their regime”, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ruling party leader made this remark while briefing the journalists at his official residence in Dhaka.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quader said that BNP did not shed blood for the nation, rather they have sucked peoples' blood by exploiting them instead of giving them relief.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, the country is never safe when BNP remains in power, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Actually BNP is engaged in a conspiracy to keep the people in captivity in the name of freeing them”, he said adding: “BNP uses the country's independence as a weapon of misusing power.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Citing the BNP’s misrule, the minister said scores of Awami League leaders were assassinated by BNP, but now they speak highly of democracy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Noting that BNP’s ultimate agenda is to destroy the country, he said: “BNP has taken to the streets with all defeated forces while the patriotic people have forged a unity now under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to foil all conspiracies.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ruling party leader also has sought cooperation from all concerned to hold the district council election slated for October 17.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quader asked the party leaders and lawmakers to strictly follow the electoral code of conduct. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>