Transport minister and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the government does not care about sanctions imposed by the supporters of genocide.

"The government does not have any headache over sanctions by those who have been giving support to genocide and the killing of children in Palestine day after day," he told a meeting in the capital.

The AL's Culture Affairs Sub-Committee arranged the meeting titled “Smart Bangladesh Enriched in Cultural Diversity” at the party’s Bangabandhu Avenue central office.

The meeting was arranged to decide on the action plan for observing the 75th founding anniversary of Awami League on 23 June.

Speaking as the chief guest, Quader said Israel has so far killed 35,000 innocent Palestinian people indiscriminately, while avoiding a United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

"When the students of the United States (US) staged protest against the genocide committed by Israel, police of that country carried out attacks on them. The female students were taken away with hands tied behind. Human rights are being violated there. They (US) support Israel and Netanyahu. If this is their democracy and human rights, we have no headache with their visa policy or sanctions," he said.

Replying to a question about the US sanction on Bangladesh's former army chief General (retd) Aziz Ahmed, Quader said the army has its own rules and regulations, and Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not the person who will spare anyone if she/he is an offender.

Criticising BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for his statement over the killing of former lawmaker Anwarul Azim, the AL general secretary said BNP leader Salahuddin's life remains safe in a friendly country like India.

Quader urged Mirza Fakhrul not to play the blame game over a friendly country.

Chaired by AL advisory council member and culture affairs sub-committee chairman Ataur Rahman, the meeting was attended, among others, by former state minister for cultural affairs KM Khalid and actor Ferdous Ahmed, MP.