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Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said it is not so easy to dislodge her party from power through pushing, referring to BNP-Jamaat’s scheduled nationwide sit-in demonstration tomorrow (Wednesday) as part of an attempt to oust the government.
“Now they (BNP) are saying they will forge movement from 11 January. They got their companions the extreme leftists and rightists. All extremists are gathering in one place to topple us from power. I want to say one thing - Awami League is a party working for the people’s welfare. It is not so easy to push away the Awami League from power,” Hasina said.
Sheikh Hasina was addressing a discussion marking the historic Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu organised by the Awami League at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), reports BSS and UNB.
She said that her government is so strong that it won’t be easy at all for BNP and its extremist allies to oust it from power.
“Let me tell you one thing. The Awami League works for the people and their welfare. Don’t think it will fall if one shakes it. Things are not that much easy,” she said.
Referring to 10 December 10, she said they have created a great panic among the people by saying that they would dislodge the Awami League government on December 10.
“Their hugely publicized 10 December rally had finally gone to Golapbagh,” she said.
The Prime Minister, however, said that her party has proved that it can topple any party from power if it goes to power through vote rigging and illegally.
She claimed that Awami League practices democracy within the party and also in the country.
“Transparent ballot boxes, voters’ lists with photos, ID cards and EVMs all have been introduced by us so that people could cast their votes freely,” she said.
Coming to power with the people’s verdict, Hasina said, her party engaged all their strength for the development and welfare of the people.
“Advancement of Awami League will be continued. Inshallah, we will build Golden Bangladesh and Smart Bangladesh. This is our pledge to our Father (of the Nation),“ she said.
She also mentioned that the supreme sacrifice of the Father of the Nation and millions of martyrs must not go in vain.
Briefly describing the measures taken by her government for the overall development of Bangladesh, she said those who are now 20 years old can’t imagine in which position Bangladesh was just 14 years back as the country turned around over this period because of massive development.
She said that after returning to power after 21 years, Awami League began working for the welfare of the country and its people.
Coming down heavily on Zia, Ershad and Khaleda governments, Hasina said that they had failed to develop the country.
The Prime Minister said Bangabandhu's January 10, 1972 speech has all the guidelines required to run an independent and sovereign state.
"The January 10, 1972 speech of Bangabandhu at the Racecourse Maidan on his return to the country from Pakistani captivity has all the required guidelines to run an independent and sovereign state," she said.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader gave the welcome address at the programme.
Awami League central executive committee members Prof Mohammad Ali Arafat and Advocate Tarana Halim, Advisory Council Member Prof Farzana Islam, noted actor Ramendu Majumdar, Dhaka South and North City AL President and General Secretary Abu Ahmed Mannafi and SM Mannan Kochi, among others, spoke in the discussion.
Sheikh Hasina presided over the function while the party’s Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap moderated the discussion.
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