BNP leaders visit Obaidul Quader
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir led a delegation on Sunday to visit ailing Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
As Fakhrul along with BNP standing committee members Moudud Ahmed and Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan went to BSMMU around 9:50pm, Awami League organising secretary AKM Enamul Haque Shamim and assistant office secretary Biplob Barua received them, reports UNB.
Later, they took the BNP leaders to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the BSMMU to visit Quader.
Emerging from the hospital, Moudud said they found Quader asleep as he was sedated. "We talked to his wife and doctors and enquired about his health condition."
The BNP leader said they wished early recovery of the Awami League general secretary. "We pray to Allah for his (Quader) quick recovery."
Moudud is an electoral rival of Quader as they have been contesting the national election from Noakhali-5 constituency since 1991.
Quader, also general secretary of Awami League, was admitted to the CCU of BSMMU in the morning following his breathing complications.
Doctors found three blockages in his coronary artery following an angiogram, BSMMU cardiology department chairman Prof Syed Ali Ahsan.
