BANGLADESH NEWS
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to stay alert so that militants, terrorists, black-money holders and other corrupt elements cannot grab state power.
The past BNP-led government had turned the country into a haven for fundamentalists and militants; and a reign of terror was unleashed, the prime minister said.
Speaking at a discussion at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital, she said her government had brought back peace and stability in the country.
The ruling AL organised the discussion to mark its 63rd founding anniversary.
Referring to the recent troubles in readymade garment sector, the premier said the government had increased wages of the workers, yet the unrest was provoked.
Recalling BNP's claim in 2005 that the AL would not even get 30 seats in parliamentary polls, Hasina said it actually happened to them in the 2008 national elections. “They [BNP] got 29 seats only.”
She went on: “Now they are saying that Awami League won't get even 10 seats. I don't know whether it will happen to them again.”
Describing the long history of the AL, she claimed that none including Pakistan presidents Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan, former Bangladesh presidents Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad and former premier Khaleda Zia had succeeded in their attempts to destroy the party.
The AL chief said none would ever be able to harm her party since its root was deep inside people's heart.
She directed her party leaders and workers to further strengthen the organisation and stand beside people as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had done all his life.
Defending her government's steps for quick rental power plants, she said 3,400 megawatts of electricity could be added to the national grid in the last three years because of those. She said now 2.4 million more people have access to electricity.
The other speakers included Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Syed Ashraful Islam, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Jatiya Party Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader, Workers' Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu and journalist Rahat Khan.
Earlier in the morning, Hasina and party's General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam placed floral wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital.
Talking to reporters there, Syed Ashraf said, "If the new generation wants to get involved in developing the country, do something better for people and make them smile, I urge them to join the Awami League."
He said the AL had been working for the welfare of people and it would definitely continue doing so.
The party celebrated its founding anniversary with festivity across the country yesterday.
In 1949, East Pakistan Awami Muslim League was founded at the historic Rose Garden in Old Dhaka. The word "Muslim" was later dropped to give the party a secular face.
Under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the AL led all democratic movements in the then East Pakistan, culminating in the Liberation War.
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