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No power in country to deal with united AL: Dr Hasan
RANGPUR, Jan 8, 2021 (BSS) – Information Minister and Awami League
Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud today said there is no power in
the country to deal with the united AL.
The minister, also in charge of Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions,
stated this while exchanging views with leaders of Rangpur district
and city units AL at the conference room of Rangpur Circuit House here
this evening.
Hasan said AL is a family. Those who truly do the politics of AL,
they love the party more than their own family and give the party more
time, he added.
For those who take politics as a promise, the needs or problems of a
party worker are more important to them than their own families.
“By assassinating Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman on 15 August, 1975, an attempt was made to jeopardize the
independence of Bangladesh. At the same time, attempts have been made
to wipe out AL,” he said.
He said that after Bangabandhu’s assassination in 1975, Ziaur
Rahman divided AL and made attempts to wipe out the party. “Many
people then claimed that the Awami League would never come to power
again,” he said.
However, after Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina became
president of the AL in 1981 and nurtured the party with a lot of love
and mother’s affection.
“She has led AL to state power four times and kept the party at bay.
Those who thought that AL would never come to power again and tried to
wipe out the party are disappearing from the political scene. That is
the reality,” he said.
He said AL is in power three times in a row. It has been 12 years
since AL formed the government with the verdict of the people.
“As AL is in power three times in a row, everyone now wants to get
on the boat of the party or like to become an AL leader. But, not
everyone can be taken to AL,” he said.
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He said that since AL is a mass people’s organisation, anyone can
support the party, but everyone cannot come to the leadership seat.
“Only those who are tested to the party, tested to Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina and burnt leaders, they should be put in the leadership
seat,” he said.
The minister said politics is a vow for serving people, country and
all. Everyone needs to do politics bearing this in mind.
“Those who want to use politics as a stepping stone to gain or to
gain prestige should not have a place in AL. We do AL politics to
change the country, to realise Bangabandhu’s dream and to change the
destiny of the people,” he said.
He said people’s leader Sheikh Hasina is working day and night for
that purpose.
He asked the leaders and workers in the meeting to identify the
burnt people, tested people and dedicated workers to bring them in
leadership of AL.
“There are many senior leaders who have sacrificed blood, sweat,
labour and golden days of youth for the party. They also need to keep
inquiring,” he said, adding that the country has changed today under
the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
“The country of food shortage is now the country of food surplus.
In the northern region, there was ‘monga’ in the past. But, the word
‘monga’ is now in the books and books, but not in reality,” he said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has set up an export processing zone,
many industries, implemented Rangpur division, Rangpur City
Corporation and Metropolitan Police along with conducting massive
developments in the region.
“In the past, electricity used to come occasionally though there
were supply lines. Now, the electricity supply remains all the time.
About 100 percent of the people in the country have got electricity,”
he said.
He said there is no difference between the village roads and city
roads now. But, people do not remember the massive changes; they
remember what more they need, he added.
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He said that 1,500-2,000 people in each union are getting different
types of government allowances.
“But many of the beneficiaries do not know that they get these
allowances from Sheikh Hasina’s boat brand government. They need to be
reminded,” he said.
Mentioning that AL wants to take the country to the dream
destination of Bangabandhu, the Information Minister said that the
22-party alliance led by BNP-Jamaat and another alliance have broken
down.
“They say every year that they will pull down the government this
year. They have fallen on their own now as their own rope has become
torn,” he said.
However, the minister suggested the leaders and workers of AL to be
at peace with this as they are hatching conspiracies. He advised
everyone to be careful in this regard and reminded that the enemy is
always alert.
“If the AL is united and works together, there is no power in
Bangladesh to deal with the party. For this, the unity of the party
must be maintained,” he said, adding that it is not appropriate to
criticise each other here and there.
“Criticism should be internally in party forums but not in public,” he said.
Presided over by President of Rangpur district AL Mamtaz Uddin
Ahmed, General Secretary Advocate Rezaul Karim Razu, President of city
AL Shafiur Rahman Shafi and General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal and
leaders and workers of the party and its associate bodies were
present.
Earlier in the afternoon, the minister visited Rangpur sub-station
of Bangladesh Television and the Rangpur Kendra of Bangladesh Betar.
During the visits, he exchanged views with the officials concerned
on the activities, performances and future plans of the two centers.
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