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The premier said the people of the country realised for the first time that the government is their servant and it works for public welfare when Awami League came to power in 1996 after 21 years.
“Bangladesh Awami League is founded by Bangabandhu and we work with his ideology,” she said.
Stressing the need for constituting ideology-based organisations, the AL chief asked the party leaders not to allow the infiltrators to Bangladesh Awami League (AL) saying that the party is to face a bad image due to their misdeeds.
“When any (party) remains in power, some people come in (join the party) from different sides. Joining the party, they resort to different incidents and misdeeds. The party is to take responsibility of those,” she said.
The prime minister said this is why she earlier warned the party leaders and activists not to allow those who come from the political parties founded by the military dictators and those who are linked with war criminals.
“Because, if they come in, they harm the party and resort to such incidents and kill our good leaders and activists. The incidents surface as infightings. But when it is unearthed, these are found as the occurrences done by those who came in suddenly and took place in the party,” she added.
Sheikh Hasina said they (infiltrators) behave so nicely that many party leaders take them (in their fold) for strengthening their groups. “Bringing them in such a way is very harmful for us,” she added.
She said that Bangladesh Awami League is the only party in Bangladesh, which is well-organised up to grassroots level having a huge supporters and public support.
About the coronavirus pandemic, the premier said not only Bangladesh, the economy of all countries got stalled due to the deadly virus. “Despite the coronavirus outbreak, we have been able to continue our work. As a result, the reserve of the remittance (foreign exchange) has increased to 39 billion dollars,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the government is continuing providing various kinds of incentives so that the people get rid of poverty.
“We’ve announced various stimulus packages so that our agriculture, industries, trade and commerce run smoothly … we’ve given incentives equivalent to four percent of GDP to keep the wheels of our economic activities operative,” she said.
The prime minister reiterated her call to the people including party leaders and activists to comply with health codes properly to protect themselves from the transmission of conoravirus.
She thanked the party leaders and workers as well as government and non-government organisations for standing beside the people during the coronavirus situation.
BSS/SH/GA/1820 hrs