Hasina wants mandate to celebrate country’s golden jubilee

Awami League president, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday launched her party's election campaign seeking vote for 'boat' in the upcoming national elections, UNB reports from Tungipara, Gopalganj.

"Hope hope, you'll give us another chance toserve the country through ensuring our win by casting vote for Boat," she told a public rally at Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Government Degree College ground in Kotalipara.

"The country is moving forward with the liberation war spirit. With this spirit Bangladesh is moving fast keeping its head high in the world," said the AL chief.

"You'll have to cast vote for boat to give a fitting reply to those who joined hands with the anti-liberation forces, war criminals, convicts, arson terrorists, and made them election candidates," she said.

Hasina went on to say: "Bangladesh will celebrate the golden jubilee of independence in 2021. We don't want to see war criminals, anti-liberation forces, murderers, arson terrorists in power that time. They'll destroy the country and the liberation war spirit."

"We'll build hunger-free, poverty-free Sonar Bangla (golden Bengal) as dreamt by father of the nation. I'm urging you to cast vote for the candidates who were nominated by Awami League."

"We want another chance so that the progress of Bangladesh doesn't falter so that our people stand in the international arena keeping their head high," Hasina added.

People will never be deprived of if they cast vote for Awami League, she said.

Kotalipara upazila AL president Subash Joy Dhar presided over the programme.

Sheikh Hasian's younger sister Sheikh Hasina, AL leaders Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Kazi AkramUddin Ahmed, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, BM Mozammel, Bahauddin Nasim, Afzal Hossain, Sujit Nandi, SM Kamal Hossain and film stars Reaz and Ferdous were present.

Hasina arrived in Tungipara at 2:10pm starting her journey by road around 8:22am from her official residence Ganobhaban.

She first paid homage to father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum by placing a wreath as the prime minister. She placed another wreath at the mausoleum as the AL.

On her way back to Dhaka on Thursday, Sheikh Hasina will address rallies at Bhanga circle in Faridpur, Faridpur circle, Rajbari road intersection, Manikganj bus stand, Rabeya Medical College and Hospital premises in Dhamrai and Savar bus stand.