Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the government does not interfere in the judiciary. "The BNP leaders and activists will create terror, destroy people's wealth and peace, set fire to buses, fight on their own, and if the government takes action in the public interest, they will say they are being arrested in fake cases," he said at a briefing at his residence in Dhaka on Tuesday.

“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not consider the political identity of culprits,” said Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister. “The government does not intervene even if the offenders are Awami League supporters. Many leaders of her (Sheikh Hasina’s) party were arrested in the cleansing campaign,” he added.

Quader mentioned that whenever the law enforcers arrest a criminal on a specific charge, the BNP starts making false allegations. He further said BNP always nurtures criminal and corrupt elements as part of its political culture.

Quader said criminals or miscreants never work for any party's interest. “The BNP leaders are trying to hide their incompetence by blaming the government.”