PM urges BNP men not to become sharers of sin

Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged leaders and activists of BNP not to become sharers of sin.

The Prime Minister made the call while addressing a public rally organised by AL as part of its campaign of 12th national election in six districts on Saturday.

She joined the rallies virtually at Public Library Filed in Kushtia, Wazir Ali School and College Field in Jhenaidah, Satkhira Government High School in Satkhira, Zilla Stadium in Netrokona and Sheikh Russell Stadium in Rangamati district as well as Bamna and Patharghata upazilas in Barguna districts from Bangladesh Awami League Office.

“I want to tell you (leaders and activists of BNP) that you will be sharer of sin if you burn people with fire. Don’t become sharers of sin for other”, she said.

“BNP is not a political party rather a terrorist one, while Jamaat is a party of war criminals. The country has to be kept away from both BNP and Jamaat because of keeping the ongoing development of Bangladesh running, she said.

She also opined that the development trend will be continued only when there is a free and fair election, saying that “in the election the people will elect their preferred candidates through casting their votes, and the development of the country will be kept rolling.”

In this regard, the premier made her appeal to the country’s people to uphold the democratic trend of Bangladesh alongside the development spree in the election.

The AL President said that she wants the election to be held in a peaceful manner, and people of the country will exercise their rights to vote properly.

As a developing nation, Bangladesh has to be built as a developed and prosperous country further, she added.
Referring to her government’s announcement of turning Bangladesh into a smart country by 2041, the Prime Minister said that in the smart Bangladesh, each citizen will be educated with modern-scientific and technology-based education.

“BNP doesn't come in the election and in the name of resisting election, they have unleashed arson terrorism like 2013 and 2014. They are out now on the ground with their dangerous faces,” she said.

In this connection, she referred to recent incidents in the railway sector.

The AL chief questioned the leadership of BNP as both Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman are convicted in various cases.

Tarique Rahman is living well in London playing gambling, she said, adding that he is giving orders from there and BNP leaders and activists are killing people in Bangladesh.

Mentioning that although Khaleda Zia is very sick, her son Tarique Rahman never came to see her, she said “If he has so much courage to come in the country, people of Bangladesh will take their revenge for killing people.”

Sheikh Hasina asked all candidates including the party nominated candidates and the independent candidates to go to the doors of the voters. As the Awami League has remained in power since 2009, Sheikh Hasina said, the country has changed a lot in the last 15 years.