Make party well-organised, win people's trust to foil conspiracy

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked her partymen to work for a well-organised party and achieve people's trust so that no attack or conspiracy can destroy the party as it is like a phoenix which rises from the ashes, reports BSS.

No attack or conspiracy can ruin the Awami League if the party is strengthened and it gets the full support of the masses, she said.

She made the remarks while presiding over a mammoth public rally held at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital marking the 75th founding anniversary of the AL.

The Prime Minister reminded her party men that attempts were made time and again to destroy the AL.

"Despite repeated attacks to destroy the Awami League, none could harm the party as it is the organisation of mass people," she said.

Referring to the attempt to ruin the AL in 2007 by forming the king's party, she said: "They failed in doing such acts as the grassroots people and dedicated leaders and activists are the main strength of the Awami League."

AL is like a phoenix bird which rises from the ashes of the burnt, the premier added.

Sheikh Hasina reminded all that the AL is the party to establish rights of the people and carry out socio-economic advancement of the country.

She said all the achievements of the nation, including the country's independence and current socio-economic development, have been earned under the leadership of the Awami League. "So, no attacks could harm the Awami League,"

she added. The AL President recalled the contribution of its numerous leaders and activists to take the party to such a strong position after going through inhuman torture.

"Yet, they remained in the Awami League and got organised to make it stronger," she said.

She asked her party men to realise that the party is the main component of their power. The Suhrawardi Udyan and its surrounding areas were full to the brim with hundreds of thousands of the party activists and people from all strata to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of one of the oldest and largest political parties in the sub-continent.

AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap moderated the rally.

Leaders of different political parties including Jatiya Party Chairman and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament GM Quader, President of Workers' Party of Bangladesh Rashed Khan Menon and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD-Inu) President Hasanul Haq Inu, were present.

Diplomats of various countries working in Bangladesh were also present.

Bangladesh Awami League was formed on this day (June 23) in 1949 at "Rose Garden" on K M Das Lane in Dhaka.

The party was later transformed into the biggest political party in the country to lead struggles for freedom, the War of Liberation and all democratic movements.

Earlier in the morning, Sheikh Hasina paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing separate wreaths at Bangabandhu's portrait at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 as Prime Minister and president of the party marking the Platinum Jubilee of the Awami League.