Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina on Monday said it was not possible to topple her government and push the country to darkness again as the people are in favour of them.
“They (Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami) are dreaming of ousting the Awami League (AL) government. How did they forget that Awami League always stands beside the people, for which they cast vote for the party time and again,” she said.
The prime minister was presiding over a discussion marking the 104th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2024 organised by the AL at its Dhaka district unit office in the city’s Tejgaon area.
She said the BNP has been arranging iftar parties during the month of Ramadan instead of distributing it among the poor people alongside criticising the government and wanting election under the caretaker government.
But, the AL, its associate bodies and its elected representatives have been distributing iftar items among the poor across the country without holding iftar parties, she said.
“The people are supporting the Awami League as they always find it beside them during their need,” she added.
The “BNP and Jamaat clique” wants to overthrow Awami League from power, the prime minister remarked.
She asked: “Why do they want to oust the Awami League government? What crime does it commit? Is it a crime to make Bangladesh independent? Is it a crime to stand beside the people or work to transform Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country?”
She reminded the BNP and its allies that people are always beside the AL as they knew very well that they have got everything including independence and development during its tenure.
AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, party presidium members Deputy Leader of the House Begum Matia Chowdhury, engineer Mosharraf Hossain, advocate Qamrul Islam and Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, and Joint General Secretaries Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud and Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni, central executive member professor Merina Jahan Kabita took part in the discussion.
Ekhushey Padak winning reciter Rupa Chakraborti recited some lines from the “Karagarer Rojnamcha” (Prison Diary) written by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman about celebration of his 47th Birth Anniversary and the poem “Amar Parichoy” written by eminent poem Syed Shamsul Haque.
Dhaka South and North City AL Presidents Abu Ahmed Mannfi and Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, among others, spoke it.
AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap and his deputy Syed Abdul Awal Shamim conducted the discussion.
