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Govt must hold polls on schedule

Hasina tells Jubo League meeting

Staff Correspondent
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the caretaker government to hold the parliamentary election on the announced date without caring that apartyhas failed to prepare for the polls.
"The caretaker government must take initiatives to hold the election on schedule," Hasina said firmly in her first meeting in public since her release on June 11.
There are always conspiracies against the Awami League whenever there are possibilities for it to come to power." she said while
addressing the founding anniversary of her party's youth wing. Awami Jubo League, at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh.
In her 26-minute speech, Hasina demanded release of all detained party leaders, withdrawal of all "false" charges against her sister Sheikh Rehana and other party' leaders and arrest of real corrupt.
The AL chief said. "Why will the election be deferred just because they [BNP] failed to make preparations in the last two years? I do not understand why the caretaker
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Referring to anticipations that the election might not be held at all, she said, "Many are interested in assuming power but the people will not accept anything except election."
The issue of deferring the national election is being discussed at a time when even the polls schedule has been announced, she said, adding. "The government has lost the electoral road after getting the roadmap!
"Why is the government so interested to be in power when they have failed to solve people’s problems? Deferral of election means that the government does not want to hand over power," she said.
Hasina said people have waited long enough and will not allow any more time for holding the parliamentary election. They have realised that no welfare is possible and democracy cannot be strengthened without an elected government, she added, urging voters to protect theirvotes.
Hasina asked the government to ensure a fair environment in which people can choose the right leadership by casting their votes. She also asked the government to refrain from dilly dallying with election results.
She called upon voters to compare between the rule of the AL during 1996-2001 and that of the BNP-Jamaat alliance during 2001-2006 before deciding which party to vote.
Hasina directed Jubo League men to stand beside people so that
none can snatch away their constitutional right to voting. She said the culture of repression and torture cannot be allowed to continue anymore.
The caretaker government has failed to ensure food and other necessary’ essentials for the people, she said, pledging to free the country from unemployTnent and make education free up to degree level if her party is voted to power in the next election.
She said the ordinances promulgated by the caretaker government would have to be passed in the next parliament,
Hasina said, "After coming to power, this caretaker government has worked to wipe out the smell of corruption from the real corrupts and put it on the innocent." Defending herself, she said the allegations of corruption brought against her are "baseless" and "fabricated".
She alleged that those who resorted to corruption and misrule under the BNP-Jamaat government have been released from jail but her sister Rehana has not been discharged from a "false" case.
Pointing apparently to her party's reformist leaders, Hasina said, "It is not that right that I did not get any news when I was in jail...Those, who cannot face unfavourable situation and want to move forward bowing heads before illegal forces, cannot give the nation anything."
Chaired by Jubo League Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanak. the discussion was also addressed by AL Presidium members Amir Hossain Amu and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim.