Next polls very important for development: Hasina

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday the next general election is very important to keep Bangladesh on the higher trajectory of development, reports UNB.

"Bangladesh is now on the higher trajectory of development ... the next election is very much important to continue this development trend," she said.

Sheikh Hasina was addressing an election rally on the Kamrangi Char Hospital ground with Dhaka South AL president Haji Abul Hasnat in the chair.

She said the Awami League government has been able to change the fate of people as it was in power for two consecutive times. "The living standard of people has changed, and it's changing."

The Prime Minister said her politics is to build the fate of the people of the country not of her own.

She mentioned that if AL forms the government through the next election there will be no poor in the country. "Each and every person of the country will be able to lead a beautiful life as we've taken that plan."

Mentioning that numerous development projects taken for the welfare of the country and its people, Hasina said it is inevitable to maintain the continuity of the development.