Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned on Saturday all aspirants of her party in the next general election of the consequences of carrying out propaganda against each other, reports BSS.
Such bad practice while seeking nomination would disqualify them to get party ticket, she added.
The Prime Minister urged her party men to avoid mudslinging against the sitting members of parliament or any rival candidate within the party.
They should focus on the development works of the government to woo the voters, she said.
She said they should speak about the possible danger of returning BNP and their cohorts to power as in 2001.
Sheikh Hasina announced that no aspirant engaged in spreading propaganda within the party would get party ticket in the upcoming election.
"Every aspirant should understand that such propaganda against rivals would ultimately ruin votes of the party," she said.
"People should be informed of our activities we have already done for them and what we would do in the future. Your failure to do this perfectly would be catastrophic for the party and the country as well," she said.
Addressing a Special Extended Meeting of Bangladesh Awami League at Ganobhaban in the city, she said, "Your ticket would certainly depend on your popularity, services to the people and relation with grassroots workers."
She urged the party lawmakers to remain aware of the opportunist elements and notorious criminals who had taken shelter under the umbrella of the ruling party.
"Awami League was not founded to help its followers accumulate wealth. The party was born to serve the people. So, lawmakers must be sympathetic to dedicated party workers, not to opportunists," she said.
The Prime Minister said her government has done more than its commitment given to the people before the 2009 and 2014 elections.
She said Bangladesh was liberated at the cost of the blood of millions of people who cherished the dream of building a happy and prosperous nation.
"We should be careful so that their dreams don't go to the edge of destruction again," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said her government has accomplished the daunting task of the trial of the war criminals and the killers of Bangabandhu.
"It's the duty of the Awami League leaders and workers to provide all security of witnesses of those cases," she said.
She announced that her party would again go for an alliance with like- minded parties in the next election. Awami League leaders should be ready for sacrifice, she said.
General Secretary of Awami League and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Kader gave the introductory speech.
Sheikh Hasina said people of Bangladesh are getting everything as they gave vote for Awami League.
It was possible to achieve the recognition of the country as a developing one due to pragmatic economic plans of the Awami League government, she said.
The Prime Minister said that in the coming election, people would spontaneously exercise their franchise. None will be able to win the polls through rigging.
She said none will be allowed to play with the voting rights of the people.
Sheikh Hasina said Awami League played the pioneering role in ensuring transparency and accountability in the electoral process.
"We have to remain careful about the fairness of the polls," she said adding, "We don't want to take the same blame like BNP in 1996 when they were forced to resign on charge of rigging."
"We have to come to power with people's mandate to continue the development works aimed at building a prosperous Bangladesh," she said.
The government is working carefully to mitigate the suffering of the local people while giving shelter and support to the Rohingyas, she said.
Congratulating the party leaders and workers on the founding anniversary of the party, the Prime Minister said since its inception the party has been serving the people. Scores of leaders and workers laid their lives for the cause of the people.
The prime minister said her government has already started preparing a perspective plan for 2021-2041 to chalk out the schemes to make Bangladesh a developed country.
Bangladesh will be destroyed if BNP and Jamaat come to power. They will destroy all successes of the nation achieved over the last nine years, she said.
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