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PM for national alliance to build developed Bangladesh
SANGSAD BHABAN, March 6, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today
stressed the need for national alliance irrespective of political party and
opinion for making Bangladesh a developed and prosperous country through
achieving economic emancipation after freeing it from hunger, poverty and
curse of illiteracy.
“Awami League, being a believer of the constitution and democratic form of
government, always puts confidence on the unified force of the people and it
is necessary to ensure their participation for ensuring overall development
of the country,” she said in the House while replying to a question from
treasury bench member Mohammad Shahiduzzaman from Meherpur-2 constituency.
The scripted reply of the premier was tabled in the House as the
proceedings of the session began this afternoon with Speaker Dr Shirin
Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Referring to her speech to the nation on January 25, she said, “We need
national alliance now. We have to move forward forgetting differences and the
linkage of the alliance will be the spirit of the Liberation War, secularism,
democratic value, equity, development and progress.”
In this connection, she also said, “To form the national alliance, we held
dialogues with all the registered political parties before holding the 11th
parliamentary election. We have made the parliament as the centre point of
all activities in running the government and formed parliamentary standing
committees comprising law makers from the opposition parties.”
“Bangladesh Awami League doesn’t believe of the politics of vengeance as we
believe of brotherly relationship and unity and for this reason we have
called for national alliance several times,” she continued.
“But, the Awami League leaders and activists have been the victims of
adverse behavior after assassination of Father of the Nation of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with his family inmates (except Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana),” she said, adding that Awami
League activists had been inhumanly tortured after the 2001 national
election.
“I was personally attacked. The gruesome grenade attack was carried out on
me and leaders and activists of my party (during the tenure of BNP-Jamaat
alliance government) on August 21 in 2004. Twenty four people including 22
leaders and activists were killed and over 500 people were injured in the
attack—,” she added.
BSS/AHJ/SSS/2009 hrs