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Begum Zia elected leader of BNP PP

By Staff Correspondent
Begum Khaleda Zia was made the leader of the Parliamentary Party of Bangladesh Nationalist Party at a meeting on Saturday.
Addressing the second meeting of the BNP Parliamentary Party at BNP Gulshan office on Sunday she said her party will work to fulfil all pledges macle to the people. Begum Zia sought the cooperation of all to steer the country towards prosperity. Ahmed Nazir BNP Press Secretary told the press after the meeting.
The BNP chairperson said her party was true to its word during the nlne-year.j movement and this is one of the reasons why the people have made BNP victorious tn the elections, she added.
Thanking the people fo^ voting in favour of her party she said the election^, proved that BNP was the largest arj the most popular party iS Bangladesh. 5 "
Begum Zia cautioned Members of Parliament of her party saying the task of rebuilding the country would be difficult since the autocratic government of former President Ershad had shattered the economy and destroyed the administration.
' We will have to work with honesty by rising above lust and greed to tide over difficulties' she said adding We will overcome all obstacles with honesty, patriotism and the support of the people’.
She said that the people want to live In peace and have two square meals a day. She asked BNP MPs to help strengthen the economic Infrastructure by constructing bridges and culverts in keeping with people's demand. The people have elected you for this', she said.
Begum Zia emphasised the need for hard labour to solve the problems facing the cou'n-try. She said it was due to the hard labour of Shaheed Zia and the people that there was no scarcity of goods in 1979 despite a severe drought
She said BNP workers have achieved victory by their honesty. devotion to duty, patriotism. sincerity, and adherence to ideals. After the promulgation of Martial [aw cynics had said that BNP would never be back in power, she said adding some of them had left the party.
Begum Zia said that BNP would have won the election by a greater margin if the voters' list had been error free.
BNP Secretary General Barrister Abdus Salam Talukdar recalled the repression that BNP leaders and workers were subjected to during the nine-year movement.
He thanked the Election Commission and the news media for their efforts to make the elections free and fair.