Sheikh Hasina and members of the cabinet participate in a prayer on the floor of the parliament in remembrance of two MPs who died last year, January 7, 2018 | Focus BanglaHasina said Sayedul was elected MP five times and ran the ministry with utmost efficiency and honesty.
"He made huge contributions to the development of the country especially in the fisheries and livestock sector," she said.
The premier said a country is developed if the politicians have honesty, sincerity and integrity. "I had got such a minister among Sayedul who did politics with utmost honesty and integrity.”
Sayedul was elected in the 2001 election which was a challenge for Awami League, she said. "At that time, Awami League was defeated in a planned way. Despite the all-out efforts of the then caretaker government to defeat him, he (Sayedul) had won as he had full public support."
Hasina said Golam Mostafa, who was elected from Sundarganj, Gaibandha, was a popular leader at the grassroots level.
"He performed his responsibility as the general secretary of the Sundarganj Awami League for 32 years very sincerely and he was a good writer, poet, literature and social worker," she said.
The prime minister also paid her homage to Mohiuddin and Annisul, and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that it is a great achievement for any politician to take his or her place through the work and get due honour from the people.
"Man is mortal and death is inevitable. Everyone will have to die, but taking place through the work and getting due honour from the people are a great achievement for a politician," she said on Sunday.
The Leader of the House made the remarks while participating in a discussion on the obituary reference on 16 eminent persons who died since the prorogation of the 18th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad.
They included former fisheries and livestock minister Mohammad Sayedul Haque, former MP Golam Mostafa Ahmed, former deputy speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui, former Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Annisul Huq.
Paying rich tributes to them, the prime minister said these leaders earned this honour and dignity from the people through their honesty, sincerity and integrity.
Sheikh Hasina and members of the cabinet participate in a prayer on the floor of the parliament in remembrance of two MPs who died last year, January 7, 2018 | Focus BanglaHasina said Sayedul was elected MP five times and ran the ministry with utmost efficiency and honesty.
"He made huge contributions to the development of the country especially in the fisheries and livestock sector," she said.
The premier said a country is developed if the politicians have honesty, sincerity and integrity. "I had got such a minister among Sayedul who did politics with utmost honesty and integrity.”
Sayedul was elected in the 2001 election which was a challenge for Awami League, she said. "At that time, Awami League was defeated in a planned way. Despite the all-out efforts of the then caretaker government to defeat him, he (Sayedul) had won as he had full public support."
Hasina said Golam Mostafa, who was elected from Sundarganj, Gaibandha, was a popular leader at the grassroots level.
"He performed his responsibility as the general secretary of the Sundarganj Awami League for 32 years very sincerely and he was a good writer, poet, literature and social worker," she said.
The prime minister also paid her homage to Mohiuddin and Annisul, and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls.
Sheikh Hasina and members of the cabinet participate in a prayer on the floor of the parliament in remembrance of two MPs who died last year, January 7, 2018 | Focus BanglaHasina said Sayedul was elected MP five times and ran the ministry with utmost efficiency and honesty.
"He made huge contributions to the development of the country especially in the fisheries and livestock sector," she said.
The premier said a country is developed if the politicians have honesty, sincerity and integrity. "I had got such a minister among Sayedul who did politics with utmost honesty and integrity.”
Sayedul was elected in the 2001 election which was a challenge for Awami League, she said. "At that time, Awami League was defeated in a planned way. Despite the all-out efforts of the then caretaker government to defeat him, he (Sayedul) had won as he had full public support."
Hasina said Golam Mostafa, who was elected from Sundarganj, Gaibandha, was a popular leader at the grassroots level.
"He performed his responsibility as the general secretary of the Sundarganj Awami League for 32 years very sincerely and he was a good writer, poet, literature and social worker," she said.
The prime minister also paid her homage to Mohiuddin and Annisul, and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls.