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Hasina blames govt's inability to control price situation

Staff Correspondent
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the present government's lack of skill and experience, and inability to foresee potential slump in global economy account for the unabated hike in pnees of essential. . xr- -
She urged her party leaders and workers to keep pressing the military-backed caretaker administration to hold the general election immediately.
Also a former prime minister. Hasina was talking to her lawyers and relatives after the Special Court-1 adjourned till May 12 the hearing'on charge framing in the barge-mounted power plant graft case
The counsel for former energy secretary Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, another accused in the case, yesterday began submissions on his discharge petition.
At one stage of his arguments, Hasina drew the court's attention and said she was not feeling well. In response. Judge Mohammad Firoz Alam ordered the adjournment.
“The present government lacks the experience and skills needed to control the prices of essentials,” defence counsels quoted Hasina as saying.
“Let people survive the crises. Don't impose taxes on essentials in the next budget," she said, adding that those in power now cannot even prepare a national budget.
"The government had no preparations and even a clue about the recession looming over world economy,” Hasina's special aide Dr Hasan Mahmud quoted her saying.
Those running a country must bear in mind that the world economy can suffer upheavals any moment and leave adverse effects on the national economy, she continued.
“However, it is still possible to cope with the adversities only if the country has enough precautions in place."
Hasina Said as a result of the precautionary measures that her
government took before the recession in East Asia, prices of essentials remained stable.
She said as the prime minister she used to have regular meetings with her finance minister. She claimed she always discouraged imposing taxes on essentials and often her government would cut taxes to help people overcome difficult financial circumstances.
The lawyers representing Hasina have completed their arguments on the discharge petition that began on April 3 while the counsel for Taufiq will resume his at the next sitting.
The Anti - Corrup ti on Commission (ACC) filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station on September 2 last year.
The other accused are former Power Development Board (PDB) chairman Noor Uddin Mahmud Kamal, Managing Director of Summit Industries and Mercantile Corporation Private Ltd Aziz Khan, Director Farid Khan. United Group Chairman Hasan Mahmud Raja and Director Abul Kalam Azad.
The charge sheet in the case submitted on January 10 included the name of Bangabandhu Memorial Trust (BMT) Curator Siddiqur Rahman.