BANGLADESH

Stay alert as none can play fouls with people’s voting rights: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Leader of the House on Thursday urged the countrymen to remain alert as none can play foul with the voting rights of the people.

She said, “Stay alert so that none can play ducks and drakes with the voting franchise of the people,” she told the Parliament while giving valedictory speech in the 24th session of the 11th parliament. Another session of the parliament will be in October next. And then, the national election will be held. If the people vote for us, we will come to here (treasury bench) otherwise we will go to there (opposition bench). We have no problem. We are leaving everything to the people.”

Former President Md Abdul Hamid gave patient hearing to her speech, sitting Padma Gallery of the Jatiya Sangsad.

The prime minister reiterated her call upon the nation to remain cautious as none can hinder the country’s continued democratic process alongside the progress made by the Awami League government despite economic meltdown and inflation across the globe.

She added, “I call upon all including the countrymen to remain alert to this end. All will have to remain alert so that this progress won’t be hampered, anyone can in no way play ducks and drakes with the voting rights of the people and the democratic trend won’t be hampered.”

The prime minister said, “The people of Bangladesh won’t bow down their heads to any conspiracy. The people of Bangladesh will march ahead with keeping its head high by maintaining the honour that has achieved by the Bangalees and Bangladesh on the global stage.”

She came down heavily on some foreign countries which are out to the election issue in Bangladesh. She questioned why the countries did not raise voice against the previous farcical elections held in Bangladesh that included presidential election in 1977, parliamentary elections in 1979, 1981, 1986 and on 15th February 1996.

On the other side, all the elections held whether those are by-polls and local body election during the Awami League’s regimes were transparent and peaceful ones, she mentioned.

Sheikh Hasina questioned, “When was more peaceful election in Bangladesh? When we are holding election in fair manner, questions are raised about the election. What does it mean? Why did questions raise about the election when Bangladesh is marching toward in terms of economic progress?”

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