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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said they have proved that elections under her government could be fair through holding the recent city corporation elections in a free and fair manner.
"We have proved that the election under the Awami League (AL) government could be free and none can make complaints against it," she said referring to the recently held city corporation elections to Barishal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rajshahi, local government elections and by-election, reports BSS.
The Awami League President was presiding over the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meeting at her official Ganabhaban in the capital Thursday morning prior to observing the party's 74th founding anniversary tomorrow (Friday).
She called upon the countries which are closely observing elections in Bangladesh to go through the recently held elections where people exercised their voting rights spontaneously.
"But people could not go to the polling booths to cast their votes in by-elections during the BNP regime as they looted the votes to win their candidates," she added.
Sheikh Hasina referred to the by-elections in Tejgaon, Mirpur and Magura and saying: "They took birth through vote dacoity and this is their habit."
She, however, greeted the countrymen for electing Awami League candidates as the mayors to Barishal, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations.
BNP was declared a terrorist organisation by a Canadian court, is now calling the Awami League as vote thief, she added.
Hasina said, "Awami League no needs to stealing votes as it getting votes through working for the welfare of the country and thus achieving the trust and confidence of its people."
"Whenever the people of the country has got chance to give votes, they voted for the Awami League and the election-2008 is an example of it which was also held under the caretaker government," she said.
On the contrary, the people never vote for the terrorist organisation (BNP) as it has no interest with serving the people and work for their betterment rather to making own fates through large scale corruption, she continued.
The Premier said, "Everyone should remember that none voted for the terrorist organisation BNP. So, they did not take part in the general elections-2014 rather created anarchy through arson attacks and killing people alive setting fire on them."
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