PM questions Khaleda's role
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the Leader of the Opposition and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was playing a double game regarding the September 29-30 attacks on the Buddhists at Ramu in Cox's Bazar.
“The BNP chairperson bites as snake and then comes to cure as a quack. Stop such double game,” she said while addressing the 40th founding anniversary ceremony of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.
Jubo League organised the discussion titled 'People's Empowerment' with its Chairman Omar Faroque Chowdhury in the chair.
The premier criticised the opposition leader's visit to Ramu 40 days after the incident. She also raised a question whether Ramu is within or outside the country, pointing to Khaleda's visit to China and India before going to Cox's Bazar.
In response to Khaleda's allegation against the government, Hasina said the AL, army, BGB, Rab and police had immediately rushed to the spot to ensure law and order, adding that no woman was violated in the incident.
She said three ministers -- home, industries and disaster management -- had immediately rushed to Ramu to stand beside the victims. Besides, the government immediately supported the victims with Tk 40 million and allocated Tk 200 million to the army and BGB to reconstruct the Buddhist temples and houses, the premier added.
“My question is that why she [Khaleda] has forgotten all these. Forgetting is her habit as she also forgot the Ganga water sharing issue when she was in power from 1991 to 1996. I don't know whether she again forgot the Teesta and Tipaimukh issues during her recent visit to India,” the premier added.
Asking the BNP chairperson to stop her “nasty” game, Hasina warned that her government would not allow anyone to play with the fate of people. She said they would ensure that the country's democracy is safe and remains a continual process.
She directed the leaders and workers of Jubo League to work for the welfare of people instead of making their own fortune, saying no-one will take their wealth to the grave after death.
The Jubo League honoured eight youths for their talent and enormous contributions. They are Shakib Al Hasan, the world's best cricketing all-rounder, three Everest conquerors -- Musa Ibrahim, Nishat Majumder and Wasfia Nazreen, expatriate scientist Prof Dr Maksudul Alam, Mahmudul Hasan Shohag for generating Electronic Voting Machine, Nurul Amin Sajeeb for introducing software for the physically challenged people and Al Amin Kabir for being top in the global competition in outsourcing earning.
The PM gave away honorary crests and books to three other youths who became winners in the Jubo League's Facebook quiz competition on the history of Bangladesh.
In his speech, Jubo League Chairman Omar Faroque demanded that the government enact a special act and enforce it strictly to root out drugs to save the youth from its devastating curse.
He thanked the expatriate Bangladeshis and garment workers for their great contributions to development of the country's economy and bloggers and social media users for helping improve the image of the country and the young entrepreneurs for generating employment.
Faroque strongly warned that there would be no room in Jubo League for extortionists and tender manipulators.
President of Bangladesh Economic Association Dr Abul Barakat discussed Sheikh Hasina's 'People's Empowerment' model, which was unanimously accepted in the last UNGA, in the programme.
Former Jubo League chairmen Amir Hossain Amu, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Jubo League General Secretary Harunur Rashid also spoke.
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