Hitting out at the opposition for its threat to unleash violence across the country like Fatikchhari incident, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the country’s people to stand against the terrorist activities by ‘BNP-Jamaat’.“You’ve seen how they (BNP-Jamaat) killed people by attacking a peaceful procession in Fatikchhari. They’re again threatening to resort to such type of violence across the country. Killing people is BNP-Jamaat’s nature,” she told a rally at historic Town Hall Maidan.
“The country’s people don’t want to see those killers and terrorists in power……all will resist those who indulge in such terrorist activities and get united for maintaining peace and ensuring security in the country,” she added.
Mentioning that the BNP-Jamaat alliance has been killing people and carrying out repressive acts against them since 2001, Hasina said the opposition is torturing people when the country is moving ahead.
She held leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia responsible for the killing ruling party men, law enforcers and transport workers saying,” I want to say the opposition leader that do you think you’ll be spared for the killing of people, drivers, rickshaw-pullers, police, Chhatra League and Jubo League men. You won’t be spared. The BNP chief and Jamaat will have to shoulder the responsibility for those killings.”
About war crime trial, the Prime Minister said the way the trial of the killers of the Father of the Nation was held overcoming various obstacles by BNP, the same way the ongoing trial of war criminals will be held on Bangladesh’s soil.
Accusing the BNP chief of killing people and carrying out terrorist activities across the country to save the war criminals, Hasina urged Khaleda to refrain from such destructive acts.
“BNP-Jamaat is killing people in the name of hartal to foil the war crime trial. You (Khaleda) won’t be able to stop the trail. I call upon people to remain alert in this regard,” the premier said.
Chaired by AHNM Mustafa Kamal, the rally was addressed, among others, by Railways Minister Mujibul Huq Mujib, AKM Bahauddin Babar, MP, Advocate Principle Afzal Khan, Tajul Islam, MP, Nasimul Alam Chowdhury, MP, Fakhrul Islam Munshi, Home Minister MK Alamgir, Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Klam Azad, Food Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque, Abdul Matin Khasru, MP and Prof Ali Ashraf, MP.
Earlier, the Prime Minister inaugurated five food godowns having 1000 MW capacity each, Comilla Registry Office, Divisional Technical Training Centre, upgradation of Comilla General Hospital to 500-bed one from 250 beds, Daudkandi and Homna Fire Service and Civil Defence Stations, office building and two hostels of the Youth Training Centre, Mahonganj Upazila Parishad Building, a 50-MW Peaking Power Plant in Titas Upazila, Academic and Administrative Building of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Multipurpose Technical College.
She also inaugurated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of Comilla University, 10MVA 33/1 KV Power Sub-Station and 33KV Source Line, Office-cum-Processing and Training Centre of Coordinated Horticulture Development Project (2nd pahse), upgradation of Brahmanpara Upazila Hospital to 50 beds from 31, the gate of Language Hero Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium, Dr T Hossain Hostel, Professor Dr Feroza Begum Hostel, Sheikh Russell Hall, Dr Shah Alam Bir Uttam Hall, Fenchuganj-Bibiyana-Comilla 230 KV Transmission Line and Chandina-Iliotganj-Krishnapur Road by unveiling the plaques from the meeting venue at Zilla School ground.
She also laid the foundation stones of academic-cum-examination hall of Comilla Victoria College, upward expansion work of Comilla Medical College Girls’ Hostel and expansion work of Nangolkote Upazila Parishad Bhaban. UNB
