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Hasina opens Council Session

'Stay alert against moves to push AL into chaos'

By Staff Correspondent
Awami League President SheikhaHaatna opened her party's crucial Council Session Saturday urging its rank and file to remain alert against what she called conspiracies to push the organisation into indiscipline and anarchy
"We must keep in mind that the military-civilian and anti-people clique that has for long established itself as the driving force of the state power will never want Awami League to grow into a strong organisa
lion, Hasina warned in her speech heard by thousands of party delegates, councillors, political leaders and diplomats.
"All leaders and workers must remain conscious and alert tn this regard," she added during the hour-long speech at the Engineers' Institution.
The bespectacled Awami League (AL) leader, wearing a red-bordered off-white Jam-dani sari, declared amid cheers that she would make the Party more organised and disciplined to achieve the goals of ensuring the economic well-being of the downtrodden in a democratic society free of all evils and injustice.
In her prepared seven-page speech, Haslna portrayed a brief scenario of the socio -po lltlcal situation in the country since the Pakistan period, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's uncompromising leadership for the cause of people, the achievement of In dependence and the Al. s cru sade against autocracy since 1975.
Haslna, also Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, stressed on the urgency to make the P^rty "stronger, more disciplined and more well-organised" under the pre vailing socio-political situation In the country.
Establishing democratic practices along with strength enlng internal supervision and accountability In the party would be the basic guideline In administering the party, I lasina said.
"Disciplined democratic behavior and the suoccssful completion of given responsibilities through self-purffica-tion and self-criticism will be the yardstick to evaluate the leaders and workers of the Party. Haslna declared
She said that necessary amendments to the Party man ifesto and Constitution had already been initiated in this regard. "I want to announce that Immediately following the Council Session a drive would be initiated to set up a grass roots level organisational structure."
The AL leader reiterated the pledge to ensure the fundamental rights and economic emancipation of the people.
"We promise to ensure fundamental rights, justice, scrapping of black laws, separation of the judiciary, people's participation in state affairs and effective functioning of parliamentary democracy."
Recalling the course of events in the national life, she said, it had been proved that the Awaml League was the only political party representing all sections of the people.
"Awaml League was not born in the cantonment, it was born and-reared among the people. . . Awaml League cannot be de stroyed by conspiracies. Haslna declared.
The AL chief brought charges of gross inefficiency, mismanagement and needless politicisation of the administration against the ruling BNP.
that she said had resulted tn a severe deterioration of law and order In the country.
Denouncing the promulgation of the Anti-terrorism Or dlnance bypassing Parliament, she voiced her fear that It would deny people their fundamental rights.
She recalled that as a re sponsible opposition party the Awaml League had offered co operation, proposed formation of a parliamentary sub-commit tec and even suspended Its students wing the Chhatra League '■ activities at the Dhaka University, to curb terrorism on the campus. But the government turned down our hand of cooperation."
Haslna charged that the
government was pursuing a ■policy of politicisation and occupation instead of nurturing the nascent democratic system and an accountable administration. "Arrangements are on to set up neo-autocracy instead of eliminating the autocratic system." she added.
Hasina also went on to criticise the government economic and foreign policies.
She blamed government's unguarded' import and tax-laden' export policies for what she said a near collapse of trade and commerce and sagging industrial production.
On the foreign policy front. Haslna said that the BNP government had completely failed to deal with the Rohingya
refugee problem effectively Despite agreements with Myanmar. she added, the government has failed to send back a single refugee
Referring to the longstanding unrest In the Chittagong Hill Tract region, the AL chief, noting her Party's proposal to set up a parliamentary committee, blasted the government Inability to bring about a political solution to the problem.
Ix-udcrs of different political organisations present at the function included Nirmal Sen of Sramlk Krlshak Sa ma) bad I Dal. Bimal Biswas of the Work era Party. Khalequzzman Bhulya of the BSD. Nurul Islam Nahid of the Communist Party. A F M Mahbubul Huq of the BSD. Pankaj Bhattacharya and Maulana Ahmedur Rahman Azmee of the NAP, Hasanui Huq Inu and Kazi Aref Ahmed of the JSD, and Nurul Alam of the Gana Azad I lueague.
Other personalities present were Dr Wajed All Mia, Abdul Mannan Chowdhury, Architect Majharul Islam. K M Sobhan. Gaziul Huq. Advocate Shamsul Huq Chowdhury. Rangalal Sen. A K Azad Chowdhury. Harun ur Rashid. S A Malek and Ad vocate Syed Ahmed.
World Bank country representative Christopher Willoughby. Deputy Indian High Commissioner Amitabh Tripathi. US diplomat James F Cole and PLO Chagc-d'Affaires Shahta Jarab were also pre-
BSD leader Khalekuzzaman blasted the Anti-terrorism Ordinance and said that "the Ordinance empowered the law-enforcing agencies to arrest even the participants of this council after they go out of this area."
He said that instead of repealing the Special Powers Act according to the declaration of the Three Alliances, this government promulgated another black ordinance and passed the Special Security Force Bill In Parliament.
He said that CPB leader Ratan Sen was killed and the. Workers Party leader Rashed Khan Menon was shot and critically injured but the government failed to curb terrorism or punish the culprits.
Nurul Islam Nahid of the CPB said that as long as the law barring the trial of the killers of Sheikh Mujib remained in force, the fight against, terrorism would be difficult.
He hoped that the Awami League would take initiative to unite the pro-Independence force? to help establish a democratic system.