No place for terrorism on Bangladesh soil
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said nobody would be allowed to play with the country's fate in the name of militancy.
“Many will try to play with the fate of the country in the name of militancy. But I won't allow this to happen as long as I am alive,” she said in her closing speech of the 10th session of the current parliament.
There will be no place for terrorism and militancy on Bangladesh's soil and nobody will be allowed to use its territory for terrorism, she added.
The PM called upon people, particularly the imams of mosques, teachers, and parents to remain alert so that no one could get involved in terrorism in the name of Islam.
Islam is the religion of peace and there is no room in the religion for carrying out terrorist activities, said Hasina, also president of Awami League.
Allah has not given anyone the authority to kill another using the name of religion. It is Allah who in the Quran clearly said if any Muslim kills another, he will go to hell, the premier stated.
She urged the house owners in the cities and towns to be careful about renting out their houses to tenants so that no one could carry out any suspicious or subversive activities from there.
'ACCEPT CHALLENGE'
Referring to BNP chief Khaleda Zia's recent remark that the PM's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has $300 million in US banks, Hasina said the BNP leader tried to mislead the nation by giving “false information” about her son.
“I hope that she [Khaleda] will accept the challenge of Joy,” the PM said.
She alleged that the BNP was plotting to kill her son after failing to kill her by carrying out grenade and bomb attacks.
“This is their [BNP's] character as killing is their profession. What wrong have we done that we would be killed?”
The PM said she gave her son good education at different universities in the world and did not make him used to a luxurious lifestyle. “Joy has been working for the people's welfare without taking anything.”
About the conviction of a BNP leader in a case for “plotting to harm Joy in the USA”, Hasina said the information was revealed by the US that they would abduct Joy and even kill him.
It was also disclosed that BNP leaders Shafik Rehman and Mahmudur Rahman were involved in the plot and the information was given by the US, she said.
The PM alleged that the BNP chief's two sons had “siphoned off huge amount of money abroad which was proved in Singapore and US courts”. They had “looted” so much money that they bribed FBI officials to get information about Joy.
She blasted Khaleda for not appearing before a court in graft cases. Although the BNP chief addressed a public rally at the city's Suhrawardy Uddyan and held a press conference, she could not appear before the court. “Khaleda falls ill when a date for holding hearing in the cases comes.”
She criticised the BNP and Jatiya Party for patronising the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Four killers have been living in the US and Pakistan, two in each country. They would be brought back home and executed, the PM said.
Referring to the ongoing war crimes trial, Hasina said Bangladesh was being relived of a curse through holding the trials.
Highlighting various achievements of her government, the leader of the House renewed her pledge to build the country as a middle income nation before 2021.
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