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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that BNP and its allies can’t win the hearts of people through arson terrorism and killing people.
“It is not possible to win the hearts of people through arson terrorism and killing. They should know this, and they should act accordingly,” she said.
The prime minister was speaking at a discussion at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) organised by the ruling Awami League to mark Victory Day, which the nation celebrated on Saturday.
Hasina , also the Awami League president, said that the BNP does not want the welfare of people. They rather want a regime of looting, money laundering, and plundering public money.
“They don’t want to go for vote because they know it very well that the people of the country will not cast their votes for arson terrorists and killers,” she said.
She said BNP and its allies are very much aware of this bitter truth and that’s why they want to foil the election slated for January 7 and overthrow the government.
She also mentioned that Awami League was not born in the pocket of an illegal power grabber. The party is the organisation of the land and people of this country.
“This party has grown through struggle against all odds and is unjust. So the roots of this party are deeply rooted. They (BNP) can’t overthrow or suppress the Awami League like this,” she said.
She urged the people of Bangladesh to create resistance against the criminals, arsonists, killers and saboteurs of rail lines.
She also requested that people teach good lessons to those who will engage in rail line uprooting and arson attacks after being nabbed.
“These kinds of destructive activities must not continue in this country,” she added.
Hasina said that when Bangladesh is advancing by overcoming the problems caused by Covid-19 pandemic and Ukraine-Russia war, BNP and its allies are engaged in arson attacks, hartal and blockade programmes to play with the fate of the people.
She said that Bangladesh has established the rights of votes and food by movement and struggle.
She also said that the Awami League has brought electoral reforms and given back the rights to vote to the people.
“People will take their decision whom they will elect and who will form the government,” she said.
The PM said that Bangladesh will never look back again and the Bangalees will advance further, like they gained victory in the nine-month War of Liberation in 1971.
Senior Awami League leaders also spoke at the programme.