BNP-Jamaat out to fully destroy country: PM

FE Team | Published: February 20, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday the BNP-Jamaat clique has indulged in a dirty game to fully destroy the country, and sought the cooperation of all in stopping this criminalisation, report agencies.
"When we're moving the country ahead, evil efforts are there to push the country towards destruction, and this can never be tolerated," she said.
The PM said this after handing over the Ekushey Padak-2015 at a function in the city to 15 eminent personalities in recognition of their contributions in their respective fields.
Apparently pointing at the BNP chairperson, Hasina asserted that it cannot be tolerated that the country's people will pay the price or be killed for someone's political wrong decision or someone's personal failure.
Sharply criticising the BNP-Jamaat for burning people to deaths in the name of hartal and blockade programmes, the PM said when people are getting all kinds of services and dreaming of a better life, and the country is moving ahead in all fields, their dreams are being shattered and burnt all of a sudden.
"I want everyone's help to free the country from such criminalisation," she said.
Mentioning that Bangladesh is not now lagging behind in any field, including sports and games, culture and education, she questioned, "Then why such destructive acts are being unleashed?"
She said Bangladesh is now regarded as a role model of development in the whole world and also is among the first five growing countries of the world.
Hasina said there are some people who often try to put her and the BNP chairperson in the same scale. "Why is such injustice? One has been killing people while another is serving people and making unrelenting efforts to improve their lifestyle."
Continuing her attack on the BNP-Jamaat ally for pushing the lives of the students, specially the SSC examinees, into uncertainty through calling hartals on every working day during the exams, the PM said it seems that they have called the hartals against the students and examinees.
"They (BNP-led 20-party alliance) have gained nothing through obstructing the path of academic life of the students except killing innocent people," the PM noted.