Prime task
I must congratulate the grand alliance for having secured the historic victory. But they should not be overwhelmed by this victory. They should bear in mind that people have elected them with a dream of better life, corruption free good governance and trial of war criminals. However, the prime task of the government must be controlling the prices of essentials. And I believe, the newly formed government will have every scope to control the prices. I believe this from my past experience in the AL tenure after the 1996 election. Nowadays, the prices of crude oil as well as edible oil in the international market have fallen significantly. But we find little reflection of this in our local market. Bus fares had been increased sharply with price hike of crude oil in the international market. But after the price fall, we hoped the bus fares would be reduced but nothing happened The newly formed government can bring about the desired change in this regard by rescheduling the bus fares.
At this moment, we are getting some reports from various places that AL supporters are harassing the opposition party men. This culture should be abandoned, once and for all.
I would request the electronic and print media to collect news from every corner of the country. And I would request the honourable prime minister to consider these reports and she should instruct all the elected members to advise their followers to avoid such violence.
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