The Awami League will uphold the dignity of the confidence and trust that the people reposed in the party through the Dec 30 elections, says its chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Addressing party workers of Gopalganj’s Kotalipara and Tungipara Upazilas at her official residence on Sunday (Jan 20), she urged them to move with utmost patience and tolerance by showing the respect of the people’s confidence and trust, reports BSS.
The people once again elected the Awami League as it has ensured massive and balanced development, the state news agency quoted the prime minister.
“The work of the schemes will have to be completed on time, while more new projects will be taken to advance the country further.”
Hasina came down heavily on the BNP leaders for their negative remarks on the 11th Parliamentary Election.
She said the higher court of the country declared illegal the grabbing of state power after 1975 by Ziaur Rahman violating constitution and Army rules. “Through the verdict, BNP has become an illegal party,” she said.
“That’s why various international organisations including the United Nations and the Commonwealth did not recognise military dictator Ziaur Rahman,” she said.
The AL president said it was Ziaur Rahman who introduced the politics of vote rigging and handed over arms to the meritorious students.
About conviction of Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, the prime minister said the BNP chairperson has been in jail following the court verdict for her corruption, while Tarique is a fugitive and convicted person on graft, money laundering and 21st August grenade attack cases.
About the debacle of the BNP in last general elections, Hasina said sensing their defeat, the convicted and fugitive BNP leader did nomination trade and put their seats on auction.
She said the BNP had realized through surveys of different international organisations that they will not win the polls. “That’s why they tried to make the election questionable by staging drama in the name of elections,” she said.
The prime minister said her government has executed the verdict against war criminals and the killers of Bangabandhu as well as those who were involved in the jail killing.
Besides, trials against the corrupts, money launderers and 21st Grenade attackers have also been finished, she said, adding that the country has now become free from the stigma.
The prime minister reaffirmed her government’s determination to take the country towards development and prosperity further so that nobody suffers from any misery.