Shawdesh Desk:

Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that foreign minister AK Abdul Momen had written to the United Nations as some pressures existed over the January 7 general elections.

‘There are some pressures here. Visa restrictions and sanctions have been in talks for several times. Our foreign minister just informed the UN authorities about the conspiracy over the election,’ Quader said while responding to a question over FM’s letter to the UN at a briefing at the AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhaka.

Quader, also the road, transport and bridges minister informed the media that the United States had imposed sanctions on 13 countries and 37 personalities; Bangladesh was not in the list.

‘AL has been fighting to establish human rights in Bangladesh since its birth,’ he added.

He feared about famine in Bangladesh by March next year.

He said that AL had taken political and other measures to tackle the situation what it did in the past.

Speaking about the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s plan to create anarchy on December 10, he urged Awami League leaders and activists to remain vigilant against those anti-election forces.

AL presidium members Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Kamrul, its joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organising secretary Mirza Azam and office secretary Biplab Barua, among others, were present at the briefing.