Desk Report
Publish: 22 Jun 2023, 03:07 pm
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina || Photo: Collected
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina
today said they have proved that elections under her government could be fair
through holding the recent city corporation elections in a free and fair
manner.
"We have proved that the election under the Awami
League government could be free and none can make complaints against it,"
she said referring to the recently held city corporation elections to Barishal,
Khulna, Sylhet and Rajshahi, local government elections and by-election.
She was presiding over the Awami League Central Working
Committee (ALCWC) meeting at her official Ganabhaban this morning prior to
observing the party's 74th founding anniversary tomorrow.
PM Hasina called upon the countries which are closely
observing elections in Bangladesh to go through the recently held elections
where people exercised their voting rights spontaneously.
"But people could not go to the polling booths to cast their votes in by-elections during the BNP regime as they looted the votes to win their candidates," she added.
To this end, she referred to the by-elections in Tejgaon,
Mirpur and Magura and said: "They took birth through vote dacoity and this
is their habit."
She, however, greeted the countrymen for electing AL
candidates as the mayors of Barishal, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet city
corporations.
Sheikh Hasina said the BNP, which was declared a terrorist
organisation by a Canadian court, is now calling the AL a vote thief.
"Awami League doesn't need to steal votes as it gets
votes through working for the welfare of the country and thus achieving the
trust and confidence of its people," she said.
The AL president said whenever her party faced defeat, it
was due to conspiracies.
"Whenever the people of the country have got chance to
give votes, they voted for the Awami League and the election-2008 is an example
of it which was also held under the caretaker government," she said.
On the contrary, the people never vote for the terrorist
organisation (BNP) as it has no interest in serving the people and working for
their betterment but rather than making its own fates through large-scale
corruption, the Premier continued.
"Everyone should remember that none voted for the
terrorist organisation BNP. So, they did not take part in the general
elections-2014 rather created anarchy through arson attacks and killing people
alive by setting fire to them," she said.
AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister
Obaidul Quader moderated the meeting.
AL Presidium Member and Deputy Leader of the House Begum
Matia Chowdhury and senior member of the AL Abul Hasnat Abdullah were present
on the dais._BSS
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