Govt set to improve people's destiny
Says prime minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there are certain quarters who use the poor as guinea pig to make their own fortune overnight.
"But we work for improving the lot of the common people," she said at a discussion on the historic March 7 speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
It was organised by Bangladesh Awami League at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) with Deputy Leader in Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair.
The prime minister said her government would not allow anyone to exploit the poor people. “The present government will do whatever is needed to change of the fate of the poor people.”
She said the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu was an epic that contained all elements necessary for gaining the independence of the country.
Hasina mentioned that the main focus of the speech was democracy, the main vehicle of all sorts of development.
It also holds true for now as without democracy it is not possible for any nation to prosper, she said.
Recalling the "black days" of the autocratic governments, she said it is only during the Awami League rule that the country gets prosperity.
The prime minister criticised the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government and the army-backed caretaker government for “not doing anything for the development of the country.”
She said the BNP-Jamaat alliance government had plunged the country into corruption, looting, money laundering, militancy, and terrorism.
“The caretaker government, which was the combination of high degree holders, failed to do anything for the people except giving rise to fear and anxiety.”
Hasina said this is the high time to move forward and ensure development for the whole country.
She said the present government has undertaken numerous steps to develop the country and attract foreign investment to the country. “The government has taken steps to remove the bad image of the country that was created during the regime of the BNP-Jamaat alliance government.”
The premier also criticised the recent remarks of the opposition leader who said if BNP is voted to power, she will declare illegal all steps of the present government.
“If you want to do so you have to declare illegal all the power generated during our tenure and you have to shut down all power stations,” she said.
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