Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo : Collected
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (11 November) said BNP and its allies only know how to destroy the good things her government creates. “They (BNP and its allies) only know how to destroy, not to create. We creat and they destroy,” she said. The prime minister said this while inaugurating the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail communication.
Recalling the horrible days when BNP-Jamaat enforced arson terrorism to burn people alive, Hasina said that their hearts are filled with darkness.
“Those who can kill people through arson attacks, burn buses, trucks, trains, those who were involved in criminalisation they are not blind at all. Their hearts are filled with darkness,” she said.
Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League, urged everyone to remain vigilant against BNP and its allies. She warned that destructiveness and burning people alive will not be tolerated.
"But it will not be tolerated if they destroy and burn people alive,” she said.
Reffering to construction of Bangabandhu Bridge over Jamuna River she said the World Bank then said that rail link would not be viable. “The interesting thing is, now rail is so much viable and the World Bank gave us proposal that they would build a separate rail bridge over Jamuna River,” she said.
She mentioned that she accepted that proposal at once. “Bangladesh is ours, we know it very well, we know what development the country needs. One or two persons coming from abroad will give lecture us and give us ideas and proposals. It will not happen,” she said.
The prime minister said that the government will take effective measurers so that people from every corner of the country travel to Cox’s Bazar by rail.
“And I will request the people of Cox’s Bazar to travel to other parts of the country also,” she said.
Talking about the opposition BNP and its allies she said that often they do not see the development her government has done in the country.
“I do not have anything to say as they are blind although having eyes. What can I tell them. Actually thr problem is in their hearts,” she said.
The PM briefly described various development activities of the government to make the railway sector of the country vibrant.
“Within next 4-5 years, railway sector of the country will be upgraded to the world standard,” she said.
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan presided over the programme where Asian Development Bank (ADB) country director for Bangladesh Ginting and Railways Ministry secretary Md Humayun Kabir also spoke.
A documentary on the rail line project was screened at the programme.
On her arrival at the venue, the prime minister was welcomed by Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan along with local MPs.
Local artistes performed traditional songs and dances to greet the PM.
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