PM reaffirms equal religious rights
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaffirmed her government's strong commitment to ensure equal rights of people of all religions in performing their respective religious rituals and enjoying their democratic rights.
“In the holy Qur'an, Allah, the Almighty, assured the rights of the people of all religions. In 1971, the people of all faiths fought the War of Liberation together under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“So, we are firmly determined to establish the rights of people,” she said.
Hasina was addressing a function organised on the occasion of her visit to the puja mandap of Ramkrishna Mission in the city yesterday afternoon.
Awami League Advisory Council Member Suranjit Sengupta, Sector Commander Maj Gen (retd) CR Dutta and Puja Udjapan Parishad President Advocate Subrata Chowdhury also spoke on the occasion.
Hasina said her government wants people's empowerment through ensuring their rights.
“The constitution was amended to establish all the democratic rights of people. We want to turn Bangladesh into a modern country through people's empowerment and development,” she said.
Hasina said Bangladesh used to be known to the world as a country of militancy and corruption during the last BNP-Jamaat regime.
“After assuming office in 2009, we have been able to remove the stigma. Now Bangladesh is considered as one of the prosperous nations in the world,” she said.
Hasina said there is no scope to go back when the country is back on track of development. “Let us work together to build Bangladesh as the Golden Bangla as dreamt by the Father of the Nation.”
She said the government was successful in implementing 93 percent of the Annual Development Plan and “that is a record”.
Besides, some 2,200 megawatts of electricity was added to the national grid so far, she said.
“Despite the recent global economic downtrend, our government was able to maintain a 6.7 percent growth, which shows Bangladesh's capacity to emerge as a strong economy,” she added.
Hasina thanked the law-enforcing agencies for successfully handling the law and order situation and expressed her happiness as a total of 196 puja mandaps were set up in the capital while 28,000 across the country.
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