Engage in politics of sacrifice, not of indulgence
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked Bangladesh Chhatra League leadership and activists to get involved in the politics of sacrifice and nation building instead of the politics of indulgence.
Those who would run after money and wealth would die out in politics as in the past, she said, addressing the student body's rally in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan.
“So, you will have to engage in politics to serve the nation inspired by the ideology of Bangabandhu. What I get is not the big thing but what I can give to the nation is,” she said.
The Awami League chief said those who would give priority to personal needs could not give anything to the nation.
BCL President HM Badiuzzaman Shohag chaired the rally, which the student body organised in memories of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
Hundreds of activists and supporters from most districts joined it.
Before start of the rally, the activists of Fazlul Haque Hall and Amar Ekushey Hall units of Dhaka University clashed with those of Jagannath University at the venue over sitting arrangements, leaving six injured.
The fighting lasted for 15 minutes when they threw chairs and sticks at each other, said Enamul Haque Prince, a central leader of BCL. The DU unit president and general secretary stopped them.
The PM arrived over one hour after the fighting.
Addressing the rally, Hasina said conspirators of the August 15 and August 21 were still active and asked BCL to strengthen the organisation and remain alert against them.
She said Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech which inspired the nation to fight against the Pakistani forces in 1971 had got a place in a book of political speeches of 2,500 years around the world.
Hasina criticised BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, former military dictator HM Ershad, and ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia for "rewarding" the killers of Bangabandhu and patronising anti-liberation elements in politics.
In his speech, BCL General Secretary Siddiqui Nazmul Alam said the student body had done many wrongs, consciously or unconsciously, and pledged no to do so again in the future.
He also threatened to "remove bricks" from the houses of BNP-Jamaat men across the country if they celebrated August 15 as birthday of Khaleda Zia again.
AL Presidium Member Obaidul Quader and Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Vice Chancellors of Dhaka University and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique and Prof Pran Gopal Datta, and lawmaker Tarana Halim also spoke.
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