AL may face strong hurdles in next polls
Saying that the Awami League might face strong hurdles in the next general election, AL President Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her party's lawmakers to start their campaign from now on to win people's heart.
In a meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Hasina asked the treasury bench lawmakers to resolve the party's conflict at the grassroots before the election.
"Go to your areas, increase contact with people from all walks of life. Tell them about our government's various successes in different sectors to win people's heart," an AL MP quoted Hasina as saying.
“Leaders who will get detached from the people will not be spared,” she said.
Hasina also asked the lawmakers to start election preparations from now on, saying that the next parliamentary polls would be held in 2019.
About a recent verdict of a Canadian court, Hasina, also president of the ALPP, said, "A Canadian court has termed the BNP a terrorist organisation, which finally proved that the BNP is really a terrorist organisation. Jamaat is a proven terrorist organisation. You should tell the people while campaigning in your areas,” an AL MP quoted Hasina as saying.
"They [BNP and Jamaat] had carried out atrocities in the past, highlight these before the people of the country," Hasina said.
"The BNP would join the next election to be held in 2019. So, we may face a strong hurdle in the next polls,” another MP quoted Hasina as saying.
"Canadian court's verdict clearing any corruption allegation in the Padma Bridge project has held our heads high," she added.
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