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Mentioning that the ruling Awami League doesn’t believe in the politics of vengeance, the premier said Khaleda Zia is in jail for embezzling money of orphans and the caretaker government had lodged the case.
“We have set an example in the world to give Khaleda Zia maid servant in the jail. There is no such example in the world,” she said.
Regarding the BNP’s chairperson’s health condition, Sheikh Hasina said that Khaleda Zia has long been suffering from knee problem.
In this context, she said that Khaleda Zia went under the knee cup surgery in the USA after assuming office in 1991 and she later went through the same treatment later in the Saudi Arabia.
The premier however greeted the countrymen for not forgetting the miserable misrules of BNP-Jamaat clique during their regimes and did not vote for them in the 2008 election.
“BNP got only 29 seats in the 2008 election due to their misrule and many people now forget this matter,” she said.
She questioned the party which bagged only 29 seats in 2008 elections and involved in killing and arson attacks how they could expect that the people will vote for them and put them in the power again.
Regarding BNP’s boycott of 2014 national elections, Sheikh Hasina said that the aim of BNP was to put barricade on the ongoing democratic process of the country which they always do.
“They never believe in the power of people and democracy,” she opined.
Spelling out various development programs taken by her government, the Prime Minister said that Awami League always works for the welfare of the people and for the country.
“Awami League is in the power means the development of the people and the country as well, “she said.
The premier also said that her government, the party, mission abroad and various organizations will celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and Golden Jubilee of the Independence of the country.
To celebrate the events, the government has announced March 17, 2020 to March 26, 2021 as the Mujib Barsha.
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