Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was enforcing hartal to protect the family members of Khaleda Zia from the charges of terrorism, corruption, money laundering and grenade attack.
She also urged the country's people to be united to resist the destructive activities of the opposition parties in the name of hartal.
'Although they are claiming that the hartal was called to protect the interest of the country's people, they are actually enforcing hartal to protect the family members of Khaleda Zia from the charges of corruption, terrorism, grenade attack and money laundering,' said Hasina in reply to a question by Awami League lawmaker Sadhana Haldar during the prime minister's questions-answers hour.
Hasina, the president of the ruling AL, also said that the hartal was being called to save the killers and war criminals.
'The son of Khaleda Zia was convicted in the money laundering case at home and abroad, and the charge-sheet of the August 21 grenade attack on our rally was submitted,' said Hasina, adding that the hartal was called illogically to protect the corrupt family.
She said that the opposition parties were setting buses on fire and indulging in various destructive activities in the name of hartal, but the government would be with the people so the opposition would not be successful in doing any harm to them.
'I urge the people to be united to resist the destructive activities of the opposition parties in the name of hartal,' she said, adding that the opposition's movement would not be successful by torching one or two vehicles if the people were not involved.
Hasina accused the BNP of enforcing hartal for more than 300 days during the last regime of the AL government.
'The past BNP government tarnished the image of the country abroad through militancy, corruption and terrorism, but our government in the last two and a half year upheld the image of Bangladesh abroad,' she claimed, adding the AL-led government had uprooted militancy, terrorism and corruption from the country.
She said that the BNP leaders during their regime threatened her in the Parliament several times, saying that another carnage like 15 August, 1975 would take place.
'They told me several times in Parliament that I would have to face the fate of my father before the grenade attack on the Awami League rally,' said Hasina, adding that this proved their involvement in the August 21 grenade attack in which 22 leaders and activists of the AL were killed.
'Your negative politics will be not accepted by the people. Come to the Parliament and place your demands here,' Hasina told the BNP.
Source : New Age
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