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The prime minister said the Jamaat-e-Islami culprits were involved in war
crimes in 1971 and “they carried out massacre and violated our mothers and
sisters during the liberation war”.
She said the BNP-Jamaat together burnt the people to death, torched trucks,
buses, trains and launches, and cut roads and trees in the name of movement
in 2013, 2014 and 2015 to foil the elections and overthrow the government.
Highlighting her government’s tremendous successes in different fields, the
Awami League chief said if her party is reelected, all houses will be
illuminated by 2021 and none will suffer from poverty and diseases.
While talking about the development of Rangpur, the prime minister said her
government has constructed the Bangabandhu Bridge, Teesta Bridge while the
work on upgrading Dhaka-Rangpur Highway into a four-lane one is underway.
“Massive development took place over the last 10 years in the region and
income of the people has increased to a great extent,” she said.
The prime minister said Bangladesh has conquered space by launching
satellite and (Sajeeb Wazed) Joy has a huge contribution to it.
Describing Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury as her daughter, the Awami League
president said: “I am handing over to her to the people of Pirganj because I
will have to leave this seat if I contest from it”.
“So, let the elections be held for once and elect Dr Shirin Sharmin in the
polls…I will continue to serve you as your MP and as my representative, she
(Shirin) will help and work for you as a parliament member,” she said.
In this connection, the premier said Joy and (Saima Hossain) Putul are
helping Shirin Sharmin for the development of Pirganj and will continue to do
it.
After attending the rally in Pirganj, the Awami League president visited
Dinajpur, where she addressed a number of wayside rallies.
She addressed election rallies at Nababganj intersection, Birampur, Ambari,
Fulbari Neemnagar Bus Stand, Hazi Danesh Science and Technology University,
Nashipur Jamtali, Dashmail and Ranir Bandar, and introduced the AL and
Mohajote candidates to the people.
While addressing a huge rally at Taragonj Degree College Ground earlier
this afternoon, Sheikh Hasina urged the countrymen to cast vote for her party
to serve the people again, saying the people’s lot is changed when Awami
League remains in power.
“I seek your vote for boat so we can serve you again,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said her government took massive programmes for overall
development of the northwestern region including greater Rangpur.
“We’ve already constructed many roads and bridges here, while works are
underway to implement many schemes. So, I seek your vote to complete the
unfinished works,” she said.
The premier said there was a time when the northern region was described
as a Monga-prone area “but those bad days have gone”.
“By the grace of Allah, there is no Monga in the region…this has been
possible as you cast vote for Awami League time and again,” she said.
Being the party chief, Sheikh Hasina introduced Awami League candidate from
the constituency Abul Kalam Mohammad Ahsanul Haque Chowdhury Duke and sought
vote for him.
Sheikh Hasina said the country witnessed tremendous development over the
past 10 years and urged the countrymen to give their verdict to keep up the
development spree.
“Do you want to keep up the continuation of development in the country? If
you want it, then you will have to give vote to the Awami League,” she said
while the mammoth crowd raised their hands in a gesture of their supports
with huge applause.
Highlighting her government’s steps for the development of Bangladesh, the
prime minister said the government is taking the country towards uplift and
has made all arrangement for food, education, housing and healthcare for the
people.
“There will not be a single person to remain homeless as we’re constructing
houses for the people through Ashrayan Programme,” she said.
The AL president said the government is distributing textbooks free of
cost among the students from primary to the secondary levels.
“We’re giving elderly allowance, widow allowances and allowance to those
abandoned by husbands so that our mothers and sisters don’t live in
miseries,” she said.
The prime minister said her government is setting up fire stations in all
upazilas of the country while the work of establishing a mosque-cum-Islamic
cultural centre is underway in every upazila.
“We’ve made arrangement for safe drinking water for the people,” she said.
The AL chief said the government has taken steps for generating employment
for the youths and made arrangement for their training.
“We’ve established Kormosangsthan Bank for the youths so that they can
take loan without security money,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the government has taken measures so that the farmers
get fair price of their crops.
“The people are receiving free healthcare services as we’ve set up
community health clinics for them,” she said.
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