Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Thursday that there was no benefit to dragging out the dead caretaker government and it would bring no relief for the opposition.

“The next national election will be unprecedentedly peaceful and neutral, all things of the BNP will end in smoke unless the party joins the election,” he said.

Quader, also road, transport and bridges minister, came up with the remark while addressing a peace and development rally organised by Dhaka south chapter Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon.

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The party held the rally in protest against terrorism, anarchy and anti-state conspiracy by BNP-Jamaat.

Recalling memories of past movements by the BNP-Jamaat alliance, the Awami League general secretary warned that the BNP-led alliance will have to be shown a ‘red card’ when they play foul in a game involving elections.

He said that this time there would be no respite.

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Quader also warned that any efforts to show US Ambassador Peter D. Haas that the BNP was out to foil the election would be resisted.

Criticising the BNP’s ongoing movement and its strategy, Quader said that the BNP’s dream to come to power would not succeed as the opposition party has itself blocked its path.

“What will Haas do? Impose visa policy, restriction?”

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Chaired by south unit President Abu Ahmed Mannafi, the party’s Presidium member Advocate Kamrul Islam, Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Organising Secretaries Mirza Azam, SM Kamal Hossain and Dhaka south General Secretary Humayun Kabir, among others, spoke at the rally.