BNP has no right to do politics in Bangladesh, Hasina tells Barishal rally

Our Correspondent
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her indignation at BNP-Jamaat, saying that BNP is a party of terrorists, which doesn’t have any right to do politics in Bangladesh.
‘BNP has no right to do politics in Bangladesh because they burn and kill people,’ she said.
The Prime Minister made the call while addressing an election rally at the historic Bangabandhu Udyan in Barishal city on Friday afternoon.
Sheikh Hasina has urged the voters to vote for boat to continue the unstoppable progress of Bangladesh.
She said that the politics of Awami League is only for the welfare of the people.
But the politics of BNP and Jamaat is to burn people, she said asking ‘Do people want them? No, people do not want them.’
‘While we develop the country for the people, BNP- Jamaat unleash arson attacks,’ she said.
Sheikh Hasina said their (BNP-Jamaat) collaborators are those war criminals who had involved in genocide, rape and looting in connivance with the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971. “BNP is also a party of killers, terrorists, 10-truck arms smugglers, money launderers and people who embezzled the money of orphans. Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, a party of war criminals, have joined hands with them. They don’t want and election, rather, they want to foil the polls.”
In this connection, she mentioned recent arson attacks on trains killing a number of people, including a woman holding her baby.
She also recalled BNP-Jamaat’s arson terrorism in 2001 saying they did the same in 2013 and 2014. Now they have started the same arson terrorism right now.
‘I condemn these acts of BNP-Jamaat,’ she said.
Hasina said that Jamaat, which is the ally of BNP, was involved in 1971 genocide, looting, rape, torture of people. They shook hands with Pakistani occupation forces.
Some of their leaders had been convicted as the war criminals and hanged for crimes against humanity.
‘One party is terrorist, killer, ten trucks arms smuggler, involved in money laundering, siphoned orphans’ money, and all types of misdeeds. And the other one is of war criminals,’ she said.
Hasina said that BNP-Jamaat did not want election.
‘They want to foil it, let me urge you that all of you will go to the polling centres early in the morning of January 7. What will be your symbol? It will be boat,’ she said.
Seeking votes for boat, the election symbol of Awami League, to the people to serve them once again Sheikh Hasina reminded the audience how boat of Prophet Nuh saved the human race during the Great Flood.
She added that Bangladesh got independence as people voted for boat in 1970.
Earlier, the Awami League president went to Circuit House arriving at Barishal at about 1:00pm. After having lunch and rest there, she joined the election rally at 3:05 pm. Prime Minister’s younger sister Sheikh Rehana also accompanied her.
Sheikh Hasina last addressed at a public meeting of Barishal district and city Awami League at Bangabandhu Udyan on February 8, 2018. The Awami League president has been attending election rallies in several districts of the country ahead of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election. In sequel to it, Sheikh Hasina went to Barishal on Friday.