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The prime minister said not a single time, attempts on her life was made
time and again.
She said there is also no doubt that Zia family was involved in the
August 15 massacre in 1975 as Zia’s government rewarded the Bangabandhu’s
killers by giving indemnity.
“We saw the same incident after the August 21 grenade attack. Not
tracking down the real culprits, the BNP-Jamaat government staged the Joj
Mian drama with an innocent village man to divert the incident to other
direction,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said there is no expert than BNP to spread rumours and
resort to falsehood as the party spread at places, even the children of the
schools that “I hurled grenades by carrying those in my vanity bag that means
I came to commit suicide.”
Urging the countrymen to always keep in mind their (BNP) character, the
premier said: “I want that the people to always remember these incidents”.
The prime minister asked Awami League leaders and workers not to give any
place to those who carried out the grisly grenade attack and who killed the
women and children through arson attacks.
“Those who can perpetrate the grisly grenade attack in broad daylight can
never make welfare of the country and the people … they can only know
taking blood and the countrymen will always have to be careful about them,”
she said.
“Don’t give such elements any place to the party as they emerged through
the politics of killing, coup and conspiracy and their character will never
be changed,” she told the party men.
The AL chief said the BNP-Jamaat elements only know terrorism, militancy,
corruption, money laundering and embezzlement of orphans’ money. “They only
know enjoyment and don’t know to deliver anything,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh was turned into a blood-stained locality
and sanctuary of terrorism and militancy after the assassination of
Bangabandhu in 1975.
“After assuming office in 1996, we tried to root out terrorism and
militancy. Despite that our leaders and activists became the victims of
killing and torture,” she said.
Entering the Awami League, she said, the BNP-Jamaat elements create
trouble inside the party (AL), “kill our party leaders and workers and later
they put blame on us.”
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