Anti-quota movement fallen into polarized politics: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that the anti-quota movement has fallen into polarized politics as the BNP and its like-minded parties have openly supported it.

“The BNP and its allies have leaned on the anti-quota movement. They have openly supported it, which means they are also participating in it. So now, it has fallen into polarized politics,” he said.

The veteran AL leader made the comment while speaking at a press conference at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi office on Monday (July 8) afternoon.

Quader said that it will be understood from the course of the movement who is involved here, and whether it is part of any conspiracy.

“Everything will become clear over time. It will not be possible to hide anything; we are monitoring it,” he added.

In reply to a question, he said, “Show me any country in the world where a political party gets involved in a movement against a court’s decision? This is under judicial review. No political party can engage in this way. This is a court’s verdict.”

“The court scrapped the circular that abolished the quota system. The government has appealed against that decision. How can we interfere here? We say that any movement that causes public suffering should be avoided. Let the court’s verdict come, and then we will see,” Quader added.