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Hasina says govt has plans to kill 50,000 AL men

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Barisal
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League (AL) President Shiekh Hasina yesterday alleged that the government has planned to kill 50,000 people including AL leaders and workers.
"The government has given illegal arms to its caders to kill our men," she said while addressing two public rallies at Barguna District High School and Rangabali High School of Patuakhali.
Demanding international investigation into the country's biggest arms haul in Chittagong on Friday, Sheikh Hasina said, "The prime minister, her son Tarique Rahman, Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami and (PM's parliamentary
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affairs advisor) Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will be held accountable for the incident if an international investigation is not allowed."
"The urea fertiliser factory is a restricted area and no goods-laden trucks can enter its compound without the government's permission," Hasina said, and demanded of the prime minister to explain the security breach.
She said the government has engaged in corruption through establishing a "parallel government" at Hawa Bhaban.
"This building (Hawa Bhaban) is allocated a share from the budget of every development project and it controls the whole administration in exchange for money," Hasina alleged. "The PM and her sons have siphoned off Tk 11000 crore from the country and once they sense trouble, they will flee the country. But where will BNP's armed cadres go?"
"The coalition government will not be in power forever and we will take stern action against their cadres who are trying to prolong the government's rule through repression and criminal activities," she warned.
Regarding prices of essentials during her government's five-year term, she said the AL government had successfully put a lid on prices. "But now, prices of essentials have soared beyond the purchasing power of the poor."
Hasina also blamed the coalition government for destroying the development initiatives taken by the previous AL government.
Both rallies were also addressed by AL presidium member Tofail Ahmed, Jahangir Kabir Nanok, Obaidul Kader, Mirza Azam, Shahjahan Khan MP and AKM Jahangir Hossain.
Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, presidium member of Jatiya Party (Ershad), yesterday joined the AL and presented a miniature golden boat to Hasina.