Quota, pension movements being monitored: Obaidul Quader

General Secretary of Awami League and Road Transport and Bridges Minister baidul Quader has said that they are closely monitoring the situation created by the quota movement by students and the movement of public university teachers centring pension.

“We are deeply monitoring the situation of the teachers’ movement and agitation over quota system. Those will be solved on time. I hope so and I believe so,” he said while talking to reporters after distributing ‘Shuddhachar Puruskar’ among the officials and employees of his ministry at the conference room of Road Transport and Highways Division at the Secretariat in the capital on Sunday (July 7).

Quader said the students are waging movement on quota issue, but it is not the decision of the government. The court has given the verdict and it is now in the Appellate Division.

“We should not talk on the issue. It is a matter of the court. So, we are monitoring the issue,” he added.

About the teachers’ ongoing movement, the minister said, “We have communication with them. It will be solved on time.”

The AL general secretary said all plans will have to be implemented keeping in mind the economic condition.

“We have to be alert as the recurrence of Sri Lankan incident or mistakes cannot take place. It needs to take steps to denounce or give punishments for bad deeds along with giving rewards for good deeds,” he said.

There were many talks about corruption, commission percentage, promotion and transfer. Those practices have been stopped, especially in BRTA and Transport Division, he added.

Criticising a comment of BNP leaders on corruption, Quader said there were no corruption in mega projects rather the government has saved a lot in mega projects. About Taka 1,100 crore has been saved in three bridges - Meghna, Gomati and Kanchpur, he said.

Besides, he said, Tk 1835 crore has been saved in Padma Bridge.