Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged her political archrival and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to shun politics of anarchy and take the path of peace. “We want to stay away from the path of unhealthy politics and establish such a political culture which is good for the country and its people,” she observed. Hasina said this while addressing the nation marking one year of the January 5, 2014,
parliamentary elections, boycotted by major political parties, and held ignoring international pressure. Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, said it was a wrong decision of the BNP to boycott the last elections. She questioned as to why people should suffer now for that party's mistake then. “For your [Khaleda's] wrong political decision, both you and your party are not in parliament today. Whom will you [Khaleda] blame for this? You will have to shoulder the responsibility of your own mistakes,” the premier said. She alleged that when the nation was advancing fast, efforts were being made to create instability and chaos in the country. Hasina urged the BNP chief to end “subversive acts”, killings, bomb and grenade attacks, and destruction of public properties. She also asked Khaleda to inform people about her plans for socioeconomic development of the country and build her party so that it has a possibility to assume power in future. Advertisement Hasina further said, “The path you [Khaleda] have chosen won't bring you any good. Rather you will lose public trust and confidence.” The premier said those who wanted to foil the war crimes trial, protect the war criminals, and did not want Bangladesh to exist as a country were trying to indulge in conspiracy again. Mentioning that the trials of war criminals were moving forward and verdicts in war-crimes cases were being executed, the premier reaffirmed her commitment to try every war criminal in the country. She also said the BNP-led alliance had created a reign of terror ahead of the January 5 elections by killing hundreds of people, including 20 law enforcers, vandalising and setting fire to public properties and chopping down thousands of trees. Hasina said her government was ready to make every sacrifice for the sake of an all-inclusive election, but the BNP-Jamaat alliance wanted to create chaos and assume power through the backdoor. Highlighting the successes of her government in the last five years, the premier said Bangladesh stood seventh among the top 10 nations in terms of women's development. She said her government had made the House the centre of all activities, strengthened the Anti-Corruption Commission that resulted in a downtrend in the graft index and had given full freedom to the media. Bangladesh had made history by being elected as chiefs of two top global democratic institutions, IPU and CPA, Hasina said, adding that as a result, the country's relations with democratic nations had further strengthened.
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