Vote for AL to sustain development: Maya

SHARIATPUR, Feb 20 (BSS): Disaster Manage-ment and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya called today for voting the Awami League again in the next polls to sustain democracy and development under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

"People will get jobs, the rural economy will be boosted up and democracy will be protected, if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is voted to power again," he said, speaking at a function at Kuchaipotthi Secondary High School in Goshairhat upazila of the district.

The minister inaugurated the flood shelter centre and academic building of the school, said an official release.

Local lawmakers Nahim Razzak and Pankaj Debnath, Department of Disaster Management Director General Md Riaz Ahmed and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mahmud Hossain Khan, among others, also addressed the inaugural function.

Maya said the court has sentenced BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia and the court will decide whether she (Begum Zia) would be eligible for taking part in the next polls.