Vote for AL to save country from scourge of BNP-Jamaat: PM Hasina tells Faridpur rally

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday once again sought people’s vote for her party’s election symbol, boat, in the next general election and give it another chance to serve the nation.

"BNP-Jamaat will destroy the country and my party can only save it from the devastation," she said.

The prime minister was addressing a grand rally marking inauguration of the Dhaka-Mawa section of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project at Mawa, Munshiganj.

The rally was organised by the Faridpur District Awami League at the newly constructed Dr Kazi Abu Yusuf Stadium which was inaugurated by the premier prior to join the rally.

"I’m today giving you a gift, the Padma Bridge rail link after the Padma bridge… I call upon you all to vote for the boat so the Awami League can serve the people again," she said.

She travelled to Bhanga from Mawa on a special train after opening the rail service through the country’s longest Padma Bridge, which she inaugurated on June 25 last year.

She said that BNP is a party of looters and its top leaders were found guilty of embezzling the money of orphans, money laundering and firearms trading.  

She also referred to BNP leader Tarique Rahman who left the country giving a bond of doing no politics. She BNP’s ally Jamaat-e-Islami party was involved in war crimes.

The prime minister also warned the citizens to keep off the bad elements and stand beside the Awami League as the party has always been working to change their fate.

She said their election symbol, boat, has brought the country‍‍`s independence, constructed the Padma Bridge, Padma Bridge rail, built thousands of kilometres of roads, schools, colleges and infrastructures and thus ensured overall development of the country.

She mentioned that country has achieved the status of a developing country as per the Vision 2021 and it will start the journey of becoming a developing country from 2026.

"It has been possible to establish Bangladesh as the role model of development as the people of the country voted the Awami League to power time and again," she said.

Central Awami League leaders spoke at the rally presided over by Faridpur district Awami League President Shamim Haque and moderated by its General Secretary Shah Md Ishtiaq Arif.