She also slams oppn leader for doing ‘politics of dead body’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday renewed her call to the opposition leader to place her demand which ministries she wants in the all-party polls-time government to oversee the next general election.
“I asked her to place her demand which ministries she wants in the all-party election-time government, but she didn’t pay heed to my request,” she said seeking names from the opposition for her proposed all-party election cabinet.
The Prime Minister was addressing a mammoth rally at Porsha College Ground organised by Porsha unit of Awami League.
Also the President of the ruling Awami League, Hasina said she showed her magnanimity by offering BNP to be part of the all-party polls-time government. “The ruling party has proposed forming the all-party election-time government although it has 90 percent seats in Parliament, but she (Khaleda) didn’t want to listen to that and she would enforce hartal and kill people,” she said.
The Prime Minister asked the opposition leader to participate in the election and let people cast their votes freely.
The Awami League chief alleged that the opposition leader cannot go to sleep without seeing a dead body. “She (Khaleda) can’t sleep without seeing any dead body and this is right as she recently said she wanted to see Hasina-free country.”
Hasina mentioned that the opposition BNP and its ally Jamaat wanted to kill her through a grenade attack on August 21, 2004 where 22 AL leaders and activists, including Ivy Rahman, killed.
She alleged that BNP chief’s son Tarique, her cabinet member Salam and Pintu were involved in that attack and this has been proved.
About the ongoing hartal enforced by the BNP-led 18-Party alliance, the premier said ‘terrorists’ of the BNP-Jamaat are killing people. “They set fire to vehicles, while people are dying in the fire these culprits are flashing their teeth,” she said.
Hasina said today the pro-hartal terrorists injured 35 people by charging bombs.
Accusing the BNP-Jamaat of killing people by setting fire, the Awami League president wondered how a Muslim could kill another by putting on fire and requested the opposition leader not to make any mother’s lap empty in the future by enforcing hartal anymore.
Talking about the opposition leader’s demand for restoration of the caretaker government, Hasina asked the opposition leader whether she has forgotten the bitter experience of the last caretaker government. “Did you forget those days when you two sons were sent abroad after teaching them some good lessons, why do you want to bring back those days,” she said.
Recalling the horrible days of BNP-Jamaat regime, she said they were busy making money forgetting the welfare of people at that time. “They never believe in the welfare of people…they amassed black money and legalised it by paying fine,” she said.
In this connection, Hasina said that the FBI found out the money siphoned off by Tarique Rahman.
Giving a brief description of overall development carried out by the present government, the premier requested people to cast their votes in favour of ‘Boat’, the election symbol of Awami League, in the next general election to continue the development activities in the country.
Porsha upazila AL president Alhaj Tabibur, AL advisory council members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, AL organising secretary Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury MP, former Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Chowdhury Liton, Nagaon district council administrator Fazle Rabbi Bakul, Abdul Malek, MP and Sadhan Chandra Majumder, MP also spoke at the rally.
Earlier from the rally venue, the Prime Minister inaugurated 400.225-metre girder bridge on the Atrai River on the Amaitara-Agardigun Road in Dhamairhat upazila, Naogaon Textile Vocational Institute, a 400-seat auditorium-cum-community center, district council duckbungalow in Porsha upazila, 50-bed Porsha upazila health complex and Mashidpur union parishad complex.
She also laid the foundation stone of a project for upgrading Naogaon general hospital to 250-bed from 100-bed one, development of Battali GC-Chowbaria GC Road and Nochnahar R&H-Somnagar-Barograph-Shibpur GC Road and the newly built Barinda Senior Fazil Madrasah and other establishments.
Source: UNB Connect
