Sculpture saboteurs to face stern actions: Quader

Stern punitive actions will be taken against those who vandalized an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia, said Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

Quader uttered the warning while addressing an extended meeting of Narsingdi district unit of AL, joining it through a videoconferencing from his official residence on parliament premises in Dhaka on Sunday.

He said that vandalism of Bangabandhu’s sculpture is a severe offence that cannot be pardoned in any way. 

The minister said the government “will not spare” any derogatory comments, speeches and behaviors those will be conflicting with the country’s constitution and laws.

He said an extreme communal force is making ill attempts to create religious turmoil centering a settled issue of the country’s history.

Defamation of sculpture of Bangabandhu, who is the architect of independent Bangladesh, is a severe blow to the root of country’s spirit, he added.

AL Presidium Member Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Faruk Khan, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and AL Organizing Secretary Mirza Azam attended the meeting.

Narsingdi district unit of AL acting president GM Taleb Hossain presided over the meeting moderated by its acting general secretary Pirjada Mohammad Ali.