Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday put emphasis on parctising the works of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to resist communalism.
“There is no alternative to parctising the works of the national poet to thwart communalism … we have to build a non-communal country by rooting out the poisonous tree of communalism,” he said.
Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, was talking to reporters after placing floral wreaths at the grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam on behalf of the Awami League on the occasion of the 41st death anniversary of the national poet.
The AL General Secretary said a non-communal Bangladesh will have to be established with the spirit with which Bangladesh was liberated.
He also called upon the followers and well-wishers of Nazrul as well as the conscious people of the country to build a non-communal Bangladesh.
AL Organizing Secretaries AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Khalid Mahmood Chowdhury and Enamul Haque Shameem, Labour Affairs Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap and Cultural Affairs Secretary Ashim Kumar Ukil were, among others, present.
Later, the leaders of AL’s associate bodies including Jubo League, Chhatra League, Sechchhasebak League and Dhaka South City Awami League paid tributes to the national poet by laying wreaths at his grave.
