Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government does not want to use the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) politically.
"It is unfortunate that the DGFI was rampantly used as a political weapon in the past. But we do not want to use it politically. We want that the organization to be built as a national institution by upholding its reputation," she said.
She said this while addressing a 'Darbar' of the officials and employees of the DGFI at its headquarters at Dhaka Cantonment.
"The DGFI was used rampantly to grab the state power and clinging to that power."
PM's Security Advisor Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and DGFI Director General Major General Akbar Hossain were present at the occasion.
She said the government would rather uphold the reputation of the organization as a disciplined institution.
The Prime Minister said her government is maintaining the advancement of the DGFI so that the people's confidence and trust remain intact in the force.
Sheikh Hasina said she believed that the DGFI would be able to consolidate its regained glory gradually by upholding the democratic process and maintaining the continuation of democracy.
She said after the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu in 1975, people began capturing the state power by violating the constitution. "And the DGFI was used rampantly to grab the state power and clinging to that power," she said.
The Prime Minister said the image and dignity of the force was tainted before the nation for using it for capturing state power. "The trust and confidence of the people in the force were also damaged."
She said her government after assuming office in 1996, stopped using the DGFI politically and took initiative to restore its lost glory.
But after coming to power, she said, the BNP-Jamaat alliance government used the DGFI as a political weapon to cling to power.