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The prime minister referred to the JOF leaders’ ugly attitude in the Election Commission on Tuesday and rebuking the police in filthy language there.
“None is being spared from the Jatiya Oikyafront leaders’ loathsome behaviour. They got engaged in quarrel going to the Election Commission and also scolded the police in unspeakable language,” she said.
Pointing finger at Dr Kamal Hossain, the Awami League president said people do not expect such indecent behaviour from a person, who is labeled an internationally reputed lawyer.
Sheikh Hasina said Dr Kamal Hossain earlier made indecent remarks on the attorney general in the court.
“He also threatened reporters by uttering “khamosh” (shut up) and raised questions about their integrity and honesty … I wondered at his words and comments,” she said.
The prime minister said Dr Kamal Hossain scolded the police in dirty language, adding that they are giving hard labour day and night to maintain law and order in the country.
“The police are curbing militancy and terrorism and trying their best to maintain law and order in the country … it’s not acceptable to rebuke police in this way,” she said.
Strongly condemning Dr Kamal’s obnoxious attitude in the EC, Sheikh Hasina said: “We don’t behave such badly even towards our domestic help. It will not be acceptable to anybody and I strongly condemn it.”
She urged the Jatiya Oikyafront and the BNP-Jamaat to refrain from terrorist acts, and showing ugly attitude that they staged in the EC on Tuesday. “I hope they will stop such attitude,” she said.
The premier added that the people will not cast vote for them for uttering such words and making such comments. “There is no doubt that the people will surely reject them,” she said.
She said the people are the owners of vote and the country. “They will choose what type of government they want and whom they want,” she said.
Mentioning that the BNP-Jamaat alliance believes in terrorism, Sheikh Hasina said they are habituated with the politics of killing, coup and conspiracies.
The premier said they know the people of the country will vote for Awami League to keep up development spree. “The people don’t want to see the BNP-Jamaat for their various misdeeds like harbouring terrorism and militancy, money laundering, smuggling 10 truckloads of arms and carrying out August 21 grenade attack and embezzling orphans’ money in power,” she said.
Pointing out the BNP-Jamaat’s terrorist acts in different districts, the AL president said the BNP and Jamaat are continuing to unleash terrorism at every place. “They even attacked the house of our candidate in Chandpur Dr Dipu Moni,” she said.
In this way, she said, the BNP-Jamaat wanted to stage terrorist acts across the country. “It is their character because the BNP and Jamaat are the parties of war criminals,” she said.
The prime minister said it is unfortunate for the nation that the Jamaat-e-Islami who did not want Liberation War and opposed independence are the cohorts of the BNP and contesting with the BNP’s election symbol and Dr Kamal Hossain is leading the two parties.
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