PM lashes out at BNP, says it can\\\'t harm people

LONDON, July 23 (UNB): Apparently indicating BNP that the party was trying to burn all with the heartburn of its failure, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday they would not be able to cause any harm to the country and its people.

"I promise, they (BNP) won't be able to cause any harm by the grace of the Almighty Allah. They won't be able to do anything (destructive)," she said.

She was addressing an Iftar and Doa Mahfil accorded to her by expatriate Bangladeshis living in the United Kingdom (UK). UK Awami League (AL) organised the programme at a local hotel here on Park Lane.

The PM is now on a three-day official tour of the UK.

Hasina said if any party boycotts an election with a plan to thwart it and ultimately fails to do so and even fails to wage a movement, then the responsibility cannot be shifted upon the common people of Bangladesh and on the AL.

Chaired by UK AL president Sultan Mahmud Sharif, chairman of the home affairs select committee Keith Vaz MP, All European AL president Anil Das Gupta, Belgium AL president Rashid, UK AL organising secretary Sajjad Miah, joint general secretary Naimuddin Nizam, London AL president Nurul Haque, among others, spoke at the Iftar party.