Strengthening organisational capacity to reach fruits of dev to people stressed

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Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged her party's grassroots-level leaders to strengthen the organisational activities with a view to reaching the fruits of development works to the doorsteps of the people, reports UNB.
"We have to reach the fruits of the development programmes of this government to the doorsteps of the people. We need to strengthen the organisational capacity further," she said.
The PM was speaking at a view-exchange meeting with Awami League (AL) Cox's Bazar district's grassroots-level leaders at Ganabhaban Friday.
AL Central Working Committee organised the meeting.
"You should respect them (the people).We have to re-pay their verdict and confidence that they reposed on us through development and good deeds," she said.
Terming the previous AL tenure (1996-2001) as the 'golden time' for the country after 1975, Hasina said the era of previous BNP-Jama'at alliance and caretaker government was an 'era of darkness and an era of corruption'.
She asked her party members to work for the country and people with dedication. "Here the question is not what we get, rather it is important what we could give and how we could serve," she said.
Hasina criticised the BNP-Jama'at alliance government for politicising the administration. She said that due to the politicised administration, present government was facing difficulties to step forward with development activities. "But we have experience of how to work with this kind of people as we were in power in the past."
She said the caretaker government did one thing good among many evil-deeds, and that was preparing a voter list with photos. "They did that due to the tremendous pressure from inside and outside the country," she said.
Hasina said due to this voter list the BNP-Jama'at alliance could not succeed in rigging election.
She sought cooperation from leaders and workers of AL to help implement election pledges and turn Bangladesh into a middle income nation by 2021.
The PM said her government was working tirelessly to materialise its vision 2021 by building a happy, prosperous and modern digital Bangladesh enriched with science-based education.
About the 'Charter of Change' and 'Digital Bangladesh' she said the government had made significant advancement towards this regard including launching of Union Information and Services Centres in 4,501 unions to disseminate information and deliver government services to all citizens.
These union parishad information centres, equipped with computers and wireless Internet, would offer various online and offline services to people at nominal charge, she added.
Hasina said locals would get online and offline facilities such as different government forms and information about agriculture, health, education, legal aid, human rights and employment through the service centres.
Hasina said, "Due to pragmatic and stringent measures of the government the image of the country has brightened and Bangladesh is now working at 35 committees of the United Nations (UN)."
She highlighted Bangladesh's election to the Executive Board of UN Women for two years by securing all the 54 votes Wednesday.
Listing steps of the government to reduce the prices of essentials and fertilizer, increase food production, electricity generation, literacy rate and reducing poverty she said that the government would also build a World Class International Airport in the country.
Deputy leader of the House Sayeda Sajeda Chowdhury, AL leaders Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Kazi Zafar Ullah, Shatish Chandra Roy and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni were present, among others, on the occasion.
The PM will meet the grassroots-level leaders from other districts in phases.