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BNP gifted nation dead bodies, grenades, militants: Hasina

‘Killings, conspiracies, corruption are BNP’s character’

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Reported on: June 30, 2012 19:05 PM
Reported in: Politics
News - BNP gifted nation dead bodies, grenades, militants: Hasina
Sarishabari (Jamalpur), June 30 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday alleged that carrying out killings, conspiracies and indulging in corruption are the characters of BNP, and it can only present ‘dead bodies’ whenever it comes to power.

“BNP had gifted the nation bodies, grenades, Bangla Bhai and militants during its previous rule,” she said at a huge rally at Gono Maidan here.

Sarishabari Upazila Awami League arranged the rally with its president Alhaj Abdul Malek in the chair.  

Hasina alleged that the then BNP government had killed people in the name of ‘Operation Clean Heart’ and made many people cripple. “But we didn’t take any measures out of vengeance. We’ve engaged all our efforts for the development of the country,” she said.  

The Awami League President said the present government has ensured food security, education for all through providing school textbooks free of cost and also arranged higher education through the Education Trust Fund.

Accusing BNP of adopting the `policy of begging’ and making the country and its people dependent on others, she said: “Awami League works to make people self-dependent without taking support from others and let them march ahead with heads held high.”

Hasina said the then BNP government had “arbitrarily stopped” operation of the mills and factories including jute mills, and “fueled high inflation and brought miseries for the farmers.”

On the contrary, she said, her present government is reopening the closed mills and factories and providing fertilizers to the farmers at lower prices.

About electricity, the Prime Minister said that the BNP government had “looted public money” in the name of electricity generation. “We had left 4300 MW of electricity generation, but the subsequent BNP government brought it down to 3200 megawatt.”

Assuming office this time, she said the present government generated nearly 3800 MW of additional electricity over the last three and half years and ensured power supply in the mills and factories to keep the wheels of production running.

Hasina said her government is working to bring financial solvency for the people. “We’ve brought down the poverty rate to 31 percent, showing a decline of 10 percent.”

She directed the local administration to help the homeless local people in building houses to live in safety.

The Prime Minister said steps are being taken to save the people of Sarishabari from the erosion of river Jamuna.

Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque, Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad and senior AL leader M Nasim, among others, spoke at the rally.
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