Staff Correspondent:
Dhaka, Oct-03,
Road Transport and
Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government will form a neutral
Election Commission (EC) through the search committee as the caretaker
government system has been annulled following the verdict of the Supreme Court.
"A neutral
Election Commission will be formed through the search committee for holding neutral
elections," he said while distributing deeds of plots among those who lost
their land due to Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, at the rehabilitation site
here this afternoon.
The minister said the
caretaker government system does not exist in the country after the Supreme
Court order in 2011 ...it is a settled matter, so there is no scope to create
any further debate over the issue. "The higher court has sent it to the
museum," he added.
Quader, also the
general secretary of the ruling Awami League, told the function that democracy
has somewhat improved in the country. "It [democracy] is a slow motion
process. There is no opportunity of overnight promotion of the process,"
he added.
Urging all to take
preparations for the next national election, Quader said, Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina wants fair polls, so everyone should take preparations for the election
without creating any chaos.
Criticizing BNP for
making a demand for holding elections under the neutral caretaker government,
the ruling party leader said, "You [BNP] want election under neutral
government, but your leader once said that no one is neutral except the mad and
children."
About implementation of
the Padma Bridge Project, the minister said the bridge is the outcome of Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina's prudence.
Through the
construction of the Padma Bridge with own fund, Quader said, Sheikh Hasina has
proved that the Bangalees are not a nation of thief, but a nation of heroes.
Chaired by Secretary of
the Bridges Division Abu Bakar Siddique, the function was also addressed, among
others, by Professor Sagufta Yasmin Emili, MP of Munshiganj-2, Chief
Coordinator of Padma Bridge Railway Linkage Project Major General SM Zahid
Hossen and Padma Bridge Project Director M Shafiqul Islam.
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