BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has said BNP’s founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia have made extraordinary contributions to the welfare of working class people.
 
“Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman declared himself as a 'worker' honoring and dignifying all of us. Today we have paid deep respect to both of them and prayed for them,” he said.

Nazrul Islam Khan said this while paying homage at the grave of Begum Khaleda Zia along with the leaders of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal and its Dhaka Mohanagar North and South units.

Nazrul said, the labour laws that existed since the British period were contradictory. In 2006, Begum Khaleda Zia first formulated and approved the Bangladesh Labour Code. Today, a single labour law governs the labour movement and labour-related state affairs."

Begum Khaleda Zia established the Labour Welfare Foundation for the welfare of working class people. Today, fund of the foundation are being used for welfare of the distressed workers, he said.

Nazrul Islam Khan said development is impossible without production and the main component of production is working class people. We should have respect and love for them who loved the working people.