Khaleda wants 'dead body' to create issue: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia is in dire need for dead body to create issue for protecting her corrupt sons and ex-ministers convicted at home and abroad.
“She is now desperate to save her sons and former ministers. For that she needs dead body to create an issue. And that's why she is engaged in killing,” Hasina said at a function marking the founding anniversary of Jatiya Sramik League at Gono Bhaban.
The premier said two sons of Khaleda and her former ministers were found guilty of corruption at home and abroad. In support of her contention she mentioned about the US Federal Court that convicted one son of Khaleda on charge of money laundering.
Referring Monday's train accident in Sirajganj where at least five persons were killed near the rally of Khaleda, Hasina questioned why the BNP had arranged the rally just beside the rail line.
The opposition leader on her way to Sirajganj had waited at Jamuna Resort till the accident happened, she said. After the accident, unruly BNP men torched the train and killed the guard of the train, she added.
The PM said none could think about innocent passengers of the train, locomotive driver and guard. It was the old fashion of the opposition leader and her party's attitude to get dead bodies, even from her own party to create issue, she added.
Referring to recent gunfight at Juba Dal meeting in Comilla, Hasina said some people wearing masks came to the meeting and created anarchy. “Who are they, why did they wear masks? Are they from your (BNP) own party?” she questioned her arch political rival.
About the killing of the upazila chairman in Natore, she said how the opposition leader will make it credible that the Natore killing was not an outburst of intra-party conflict of BNP.
The PM said she and her party do politics for the welfare of the people and the country. She said the government is aware of the well and woes of the people. “It is our prime duty to work for the welfare of the people,” she said.
The opposition leader is so greedy that even her sons are not important to her, she said. “How a mother could stay without seeing her sons for more than three years, is this possible for a normal mother?”
The PM said Khaleda is well off to buy air ticket, but she did not have that motherly affection towards her ailing sons.
“A mother, who doesn't have affection for her own sons, how is it possible for such a mother to have correct attitude for the people?” she questioned.
The PM urged the opposition leader not to take any revenge on the people. “You had failed to serve the nation and its people, that's why the people did not cast their votes for you. Don't be angry with the people, and stop taking revenge on them. Let us do our duty for the people,” Hasina advised her political rival.
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