Blasting the BNP-Jamaat nexus for their “terrorist acts” across the country in the name of so-called movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought cooperation of the business people to stop such destructive activities for the sake of development.
“You cannot remain silent. You will have to be vocal and play a role against such destructive acts of the BNP-Jamaat nexus. Because such destructive acts will not bring any welfare for the people and the country,” she said.
The premier also sought their cooperation to complete the ongoing development projects speedily. “We hope to complete our unfinished tasks with the support of all,” Hasina said while addressing the inaugural function of 19th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
She said the BNP chief could not forget the debacle in 2008 national election. “So Begum [Khaleda] Zia has declared a war against the people to take the revenge of that defeat by taking the side of anti-liberation forces [Jamaat-e-Islam].”
The prime minister said Khaleda wanted dead bodies as she had announced that some people would die in the movement and the countrymen would have to accept this.
“They tried to resist the January 5 polls, but failed. They only caused damage to the socioeconomic uplift of the people,” Hasina said. “For this, the BNP leader will have to be accountable to the countrymen one day.”
She said the BNP-Jamaat terrorists had torched and vandalised thousands of vehicles, fell thousands of trees, and removed fishplates and uprooted rail tracks. The government offices, power plants, business establishments, footpath shops and even innocent animals were also attacked.
Also the Awami League chief, Hasina said after the January 5 polls, the BNP-Jamaat hoodlums attacked the Hindu people and supporters of the AL at different parts of the country. More than one dozen AL leaders and workers were killed only in Satkhira, she mentioned.
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the commerce ministry jointly organised the month-long fair, the country’s biggest and most popular trade exposition, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
