“I did not know that one announcement could cause so much excitement within the party,” said the chairman at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday.
“This might just be the best decision I took in my entire political career.”
“I had been in so much pain. There was no peace of mind… or smiles. I would be worried all the time, what would happen to Jatiya Party… my child when I’m gone.”
“But now I’m relaxed, my child will survive. I will live because of this one decision.”
Ershad was addressing a reception for the newly appointed Quader, his successor, and Howlader at a restaurant in Gulshan.
Criticising former secretary general Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, he said, “Ruhul Amin was secretary general for 14 years. But he didn’t say a word when I had removed him from the post.”
“That is loyalty… that is love. I made someone else secretary general in his place who shoved me out of my party after I made my brother (GM Quader) co-chairman. Is that even possible?”
The supporters were heard chanting, “No… no… no… Bablu is a traitor … traitor.”
“But I’m forgetting all of this from today, I’ll listen to my brother from now on,” said Ershad as he resumed.
