Not being able to keep the activists in the field is considered a failure- A. League
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The ruling party Awami League considers failure to keep the party leaders and activists in the field during the violence surrounding the quota reform movement. The high command of the party has given instructions to list all the leaders and activists who could not be brought to the field even in such an anarchic situation.
The quota reform movement started mainly around a judgment given by the High Court. In that judgment given on June 5 this year, the circular issued by the government in 2018 canceling the quota system was declared invalid. Since then, the students have been talking about reforming the quota system in government jobs permanently. At one point they started holding various programs at Shahbag intersection from July 1 with an ultimatum.
After that, violence gradually increased with the movement. With this, various political parties are associated with it, which became gigantic. Fire broke out in various government buildings. In this situation, the government had to bring the situation under control by issuing a curfew from last Friday (July 19) night.
However, before the situation became so complicated, on Wednesday (July 17), Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader instructed the leaders and activists to prepare in each ward. He then referred to the slogan of Dhaka University students 'Tumi ke, Ami ke Razakar, Razakar' surrounding the Prime Minister's speech at the press conference after her visit to China as arrogant. At the same time, he also said that the Prime Minister's speech has been misinterpreted.
Addressing the activists, he said that the Chhatra Dal-Chhatra Shibir was led by the quota reform movement. Our existence has been attacked, threatened. We have to deal with this situation. So you get ready ward by ward.
Even after such a warning from the Awami League General Secretary, no movement was seen among the party leaders and workers. Rather, the party could not put up any resistance in front of the movement. Although Awami League and various affiliates and organizations have central committees with various wards and police stations in Dhaka, many of them were not seen in the field.
Awami League considers its organizational failure as a party to be unable to deal with the movement politically and to adopt such an extreme form of violence. The ruling party has therefore taken the initiative to prepare a list of those who are responsible for this organizational weakness and who were not in the field even from important positions in the party.
According to party sources, the central leaders of the party sat in a meeting at the central office of Awami League at 23, Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday (July 23) afternoon. The party's Dhaka Metropolitan Committee and top leaders of various affiliated organizations were also present there.
In the meeting, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader informed the leaders and workers of the party about the various instructions of the party president. Referring to the instructions of the party president, he asked the leaders and workers to follow the six instructions. They are: taking positions of activists without violating the curfew law, identifying external terrorists and handing over them to the police station, making a list of injured and killed activists, working in mosques to prevent rumors, continuing to distribute food items to the needy and the affected, and coordination in the respective neighborhoods and have a meeting
According to the sources of the meeting, it is also known that the high command sees the lack of presence in the field to prevent sabotage and terrorist activities centered on the quota movement as an organizational weakness. That's why the party and associate organizations have organizational weaknesses and identify why they did not enter the field and the instructions of the President Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to prepare a list of those who were not in the field at that time but went into hiding, even from responsible positions.
The party believes that lack of coordination is a major reason behind this failure. That is why the organization has been asked to overcome the lack of coordination and make it stronger and more united. In that case, senior leaders of the party, party parliament-members, councilors and top leaders of affiliated organizations have been given the responsibility.
According to party sources, party president Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is constantly monitoring the matter. The General Secretary gave instructions on all the issues that came to the attention of the party chief where the issue of overcoming organizational weaknesses and preparing a list of inactive employees is given more importance.
When asked about the overall issue, a responsible leader of Awami League, who did not wish to be named, told Barta24.com, "We did not notice that BNP-Jamaat has become so organized internally. Being a government party has led to laziness. From there we have to stand up. Organizations need to be more organized. Keep a watchful eye around.
