<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The new US visa policy should be effective on BNP as they are trying to obstruct election through violence and anarchy, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under the policy, the US can impose “visa restrictions on individuals and their immediate family members if they are responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read: ‘Which party do they belong to?’: AL Facebook post responds to Fakhrul’s claim with photo of Chhatra Dal leader during yesterday’s clash</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"BNP's recent political programmes were nothing but obstruction to the upcoming national election,” Quader, also road, transport and bridges minister, said at a press conference at his Secretariat office today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We don't want clashes and we won't go on the streets for that. Police will handle the situation and it is their responsibility," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read: Be alert so that anti-liberation forces cannot rise: Law Minister</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“BNP leaders and activists will block all important entry points of Dhaka and try to disconnect the capital from other parts of the country. In this situation, should the police stay inactive? Police will definitely take action and it is their duty to protect people's lives and property,” said the minister. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>