Dislodge this govt

She called upon AL leaders and workers to build a mass movement to dislodge the government.

"It (government) wants to perpetuate power through a stage-managed polls", she said hile addressing a triennial conference of Saidpur upazila Awami League on Sunday.

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The immediate past chief justice who is likely to head the next caretaker government is known to be a man of ruling BNP's choice and any election under him will not be free and fair, she claimed.

Presided over by Syedpur AL convenner Abbasuddin Sarker, the council was addressed by, among others, AL central organising secretary Abdul Mannan, central leader Mosharraf Hossen, district AL joint convener Jonab Ali, party leader Col (Rtd) Saqlain and municipal chairman Akhtar Hossen Badal, also an AL leader.

The front ranking AL leader said her party, along with other parties and progressive forces will intensify its agitation for reform of the caretaker system.

She came down heavily on the government for what she called its "false claims" of better management of the economy, improvement in law and order and luring foreign investment.

"How the economy has improved while so many mills and factories have been closed down and prices of essentials are spiraling?" Coarse rice is being sold at between Tk 17 and 19 now against Tk 14-15 during AL rule but people's income has not increased, she said.

She refuted government's claim on different occasions that foreign investment flow increased during its tenure because of improvement in law and order.