Govt Wants All Political Parties to Join Next Election: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government wants participation of all the political parties in the upcoming general election and believes that countrymen would vote for the Awami League (AL) again if they want continuation of the ongoing development.

“We want all the political parties to take part in the next general election. If any party decides not to participate in the polls, it’s their matter. For that reason, we can’t stop the operation of our constitution. As part of the constitution, the election will be held to continue the democratic process,” she said.

She said this as a journalist quested her whether the Awami League would participate in the next election with the existing alliance or not, during a press conference organised to brief media at the Prime Minister’s official Ganabhaban residence here about the outcome of her recently concluded four-day official visit to India from September 5-8.

Sheikh Hasina said that more than one year is still left to hold the next general election, time will tell which party will form an alliance with whom, adding, “But, we have no objection, if the political parties which are now in our alliance want to stay with us.”

Briefly describing the Awami League government’s measures to ensure overall socio-economic development of the country which helped transform Bangladesh into a developing nation from a least developed one, Sheikh Hasina, said that she believed that the people of the country would vote for her party again.

“I believe the people of the country will vote for the Awami League in the next general election if they want to see the continuation of the country’s development. If otherwise, there is nothing to do,” she said._BSS