Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the opposition leader is trying to make way for undemocratic rule. But, it will never happen and the election will be held at the right time.
Urging Khaleda Zia to join the all-party polls-time government, Sheikh Hasina said, she is even ready to give the ministry of home affairs to BNP if they desire.
A nation can never bow down to the terrorist force and unholy alliances which are out to destroy democracy by killing people, she said.
She called upon the opposition leader to refrain from burning people alive saying it may bounce back on her party if people become angry against such destructive activities.
The prime minister said this while addressing the reunion of Awami Jubo League, the youth front of Awami League, marking its 41st founding anniversary at Suharawardy Uddyan in the capital.
“If you want to show your strength, please come to the street to display big demonstration. Why are you carrying out secret attacks on people and using the children in the subversive acts?” she asked.
She urged the Jubo League leaders and workers to remain careful and work together so that no criminal can put fire on any transport and burn innocent people alive “in the name of movement.”
Expressing her firm determination to hold the next election within the stipulated timeframe, Sheikh Hasina said, “None will be able to foil elections. Jubo League should be ready so that none can put people on fire.”
Reiterating her position against the caretaker system of government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, caretaker government was also in place in 2006. But they could not hold the election in time.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, Begum Zia had gone mad for power. She is taking lives of people one after another as she has lost her all human values.
Jubo League Chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury presided over the programme.
Jubo League on its founding anniversary honoured eight persons including media personality, players and social workers for their outstanding contributions to the society from their respective positions.
They include: late Rafiqul Islam, who played pioneering role in earning recognition of Ekushey February as International Mother Language Day, noted dramatist Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu, captain of national cricket team Mushfiqur Rahim, golfer Siddiqur Rahman and Nafiz Bin Jafar, a US based Bangladeshi software engineer.