Free country from graft, militancy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed her party men to help build a country free from corruption and militancy and establish Bangladesh as the most peaceful nation in South Asia.
She also asked them to stand besides the people who brought Awami League (AL) to power.
"Let's take the oath that we will work for the welfare of people and be ready to make any sacrifice to this end," said Hasina, also the president of AL, at a discussion.
Dhaka City unit of AL organised the discussion marking the 34th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in the capital.
"You must show respect to people's trust in us. You must work for the betterment of the people to fulfil their expectations," she told her party men.
Pointing finger to BNP, the AL president said they [BNP and its anti-liberation allies] resorted to corruption and misrule in the country whenever they were in power after the assassination of Bangabandhu. "They do not want welfare of the country and its people as they get involved in politics to serve their own interests," said Hasina, instructing the ruling party men to work sincerely for building a 'golden' Bangladesh Bangabandhu had dreamt of.
"You will have to think what you can contribute to the country rather than what you can get," Hasina said, adding that her father sacrificed his life for the welfare of the country.
Paying tributes to Bangabandhu who was killed with other family members on August 15, 1975 and the four national leaders who were killed on November 3 inside the jail, she reiterated that they would have to execute the long-pending verdict in Bangabandhu murder case and hold the trials of the killers of four national leaders and the war criminals.
After killing Bangabandhu, the anti-liberation war forces destroyed democracy and resorted to widespread corruption in the country, Hasina said, adding that Ziaur Rahman and her wife Khaleda Zia helped and rewarded the killers of the father of the nation and four national leaders. It indicates that they had involvement in the killings, she added.
Saying that the conspirators are still busy with their new plot, the AL chief directed her party men to remain alert and vigilant against any conspiracy in the country.
Chaired by city AL acting president MA Aziz, the discussion was addressed, among others, by Mofazzel Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, Rahmat Ullah, Quamrul Islam, Fazle Noor Taposh, and Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan.
Comments