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Khaleda’s appeal over Radio, TV

Cast votes ignoring all provocations
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday appealed for calm and massive turnout of voters at polling centres on- February 15 ignoring anti-election activity and provocation, reports UNB.
This Is the best way you can retaliate all sorts of anti-elections. activity and provocation." she said in her address to the countrymen over radio and television ahead of the general elections fraught with tension and trouble because of Opposition boycott.
She said casting votes Is a sacred duty of all of us and called upon the people to exercise their right of franchise duly in the coming national election.
The BNP chairperson asked all to keep patience and remain peaceful in the
face of all sorts of anti-election provocations.
Seeking vote for her party the BNf^ chairperson said only if continuity of the democratic process could be maintained through elections, an environment ensuring participation of all parties in future elections would be created.
"Our sincere efforts to that end will continue." she said holding out the assurance to those staying out of the fray.
Begum Zia observed holding of the coming election is mandatory as per the constitutional provisions. "Otherwise. there will be no legitimate government and the country will plunge into-a constitutional crisis.”
"Knowing all this, she
From Page 1 said, three opposition parties in an unholy alliance are out tn disrupt the elections.” she said in n*r 32-minute speech as part of her party's scheduled radfo-TV projection of election campaign.
Pointing to the opposition's violent move against the polls, she questioned whether resisting others from participating in elections by resorting to violence is a democratic practice.
"Physical assault, threat to life, ransacking election camps and offices, blasting bombs, setting ablaze banks and petrol pumps, looting people's wealth, attacking the law-enforcing agencies and killing them ana above all taking the law tn one's wn hands are these signs of democracy."
In a veiled reference to the Awami League, the BNP chairperson said a particular party politicised the War of Liberation and threw the country into the pit of terrorism. corruption, famine and one-party rule
Ine other party, she said without naming the Jatlya partv. snatched dempcracy by grabbing power by overthrowing an elected government.
She also dented into the Jamaat-e-Islamf. another party In the trio. "They collaborated with the occupation forces during the War of Liberation.” said Begum Zia.
"They want to capture power by any means, and that is why they are evading democratic norms and practices,’ she said.
The Prime Minister gave a resume on the success story of her government during the last five years. On the 1991 election pledges, Begum Zia said 80 per cent of those had been implemented.
She’ said in 1990-91 the volume of development budget was Tk 5,001 crore which was entirely foreign debt and aid-dependent. But it shot up to Tk 1.201 crore in 1995-96 and 43 per cent of the amount is being met from own resources. •
Soon after takeover, she said, the government waived the land tax upto 25 blghas and farm loan upto Tk 5,000. She also mentioned various other measures taken for the
weavers, fishermen and retired government employees.
The Prime Minister said during the last few years tn numeranle small and med;u„ 're Industries Mre pisciculture, poultry and dairy farms had been set up for creating Jobs in rural ar-
"We would have advanced further in the fields of development, production and investment, and achieving aelf-reliance, if the opposition parties had not created obstruction through their negative and destructive activities," she said.
Begum Zia said her government attached top priority to developing education and infrastructure for ensuring a prosperous future of the next generation.
She mentioned that the allocation in education sector was raised to Tk 1.596 crore in 1995-96 fiscal from Tk 304 crore in 1989-90.
On the list of achievements she mentioned the introduction of "revolu-, tionary" food for education and stipend programmes which helped in increasing the literacy rate fast.
Dwelling on her party's election manifesto. Begum Zia said if voted to power, her party would establish a people-oriented and more transparent administration. It will ensure health service for all and also full freedom of the press.
The BNP would not renew the 25-year treaty with India and make allout efforts to get due share of the Ganges waters.
On economic scenario, she said the trend of free market economy would be continued and the scope of more foreign investment expanded for flourishing the domestic industries.
The BNP chief pledged priority would be given to eradication of poverty, elimination of illiteracy, guaranteeing primary health care, construction of houses and increasing employment opportunity.
She expressed her conviction that the people would again vote for her party on its symbol— sheaf of paddy — in the coining election tor the welfare, progress and continuation of constitutional rule and democracy,