PM urges all to stand beside 'Boat' for next JS polls

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on sunday sought public mandate again for Awami League in the next general elections saying it was the only political party in the country which could take forward Bangladesh in all fronts.

“The Awami League is the only party which has a vision to move forward the country in all areas of development and the party has proved it when it came to power,” she told a mammoth public rally at the Jessore Eidgah maidan in this western district. 

Sheikh Hasina added that, on the contrary, the country “goes back like the ‘ghost’ when BNP-Jammat comes to power”. 

Sheikh Hasina arrived in Jessore earlier sunday on a day-long visit.

“You have given vote for 'boat' (AL election symbol). In future you will also cast your vote for the candidates of 'boat', ensuring their victory to create scope to serve the people, and I expect this from you," she said while thousands of people raised their two hands in a gesture of support to her call.

AL Presidium Member Pijush Kanti Bhatacharya, Joint Secretaries Dr Dipu Moni, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Kazi Nabil Ahmed, MP also spoke in the meeting chaired by Awami League's district unit president Shahidul Islam Milon. 

The premier said people could achieve the expected prosperity as Awami League remains in power and Bangladesh could celebrate the golden jubilee of its independence in 2021 discarding its image as a poor country.

Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh was liberated with a goal of becoming a happy and prosperous nation but over 27 years the anti-liberation forces reigned the country in its 46 years history, ruining the nation's development, peace and prosperity. 

“Inshallah, Bangladesh, led by the Awami League, would be able to reach the country to its cherished goal and settle it in a dignified position in the world,” she said.

Source: BSS