Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the opposition BNP's perceived blindness to Bangladesh's development, advised them to seek treatment at a modern eye institute in Dhaka, established during her tenure.
She made this remark at the inauguration ceremony of the much-awaited 102-kilometre Chittagong-Cox's Bazar dual-gauge single railway line in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.
Sheikh Hasina said that often they do not see the development her government has done in the country.
“They (BNP and its allies) only know how to destroy, not to create. We create and they destroy,” she said.
Recalling the horrible days when BNP-Jamaat enforced arson terrorism to burn people alive, Hasina said that their hearts are filled with darkness.
“Those who can kill people through arson attacks, burn buses, trucks, trains, those who were involved in criminalisation they are not blind at all. Their hearts are filled with darkness,” she said.
Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League, urged everyone to remain vigilant against BNP and its allies.
She warned that destructiveness and burning people alive will not be tolerated.
"But it will not be tolerated if they destroy and burn people alive,” she said.
Reffering to construction of Bangabandhu Bridge over Jamuna River she said the World Bank then said that rail link would not be viable.
“The interesting thing is, now rail is so much viable and the World Bank gave us proposal that they would build a separate rail bridge over Jamuna River,” she said.
She mentioned that she accepted that proposal at once.
“Bangladesh is ours, we know it very well, we know what development the country needs. One or two persons coming from abroad will give lecture us and give us ideas and proposals. It will not happen,” she said.
The prime minister said that the government will take effective measurers so that people from every corner of the country travel to Cox’s Bazar by rail.
“And I will request the people of Cox’s Bazar to travel to other parts of the country also,” she said.
The prime minister briefly described various development activities of the government to make the railway sector of the country vibrant.
"Within the next 4-5 years, the railway sector of the country will be upgraded to the world standard,” she said.
