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Polls Under Caretaker

PM questions BNP's demand

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday questioned the justification of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's demand for holding the next parliamentary election under a caretaker government.
“How can you be so sure that you will return to power if the next general election is held under the caretaker system?” the prime minister questioned while addressing a public rally at Maona Multipurpose High School in Sreepur ofGazipur.
Hasina also reminded the opposition leader that she had to go to jail during the last caretaker government.
The premier reiterated that those who looted public money, killed people through terrorism would not be spared. “The miscreants must be punished,” she said.
Criticiing the opposition's demand for restoring caretaker system, she said they want such a system in the country under which they would not have to face punishment
for vote rigging, killings and other crimes.
Hasina termed the opposition's road march a car rally. “We all know that road march means marching through roads, not travelling by cars,” she quipped.
Mentioning that some 2,000 cars were used in the road march, she said, “Every car's number plate would be examined to know from where so many expensive vehicles were arranged,” Hasina said.
After the death of Ziaur Rahman, the premier said, Khaleda and her family used to live on various allowances when they had told people the 'broken suitcase' story. "Now where is the broken suitcase, and how you can arrange 2,000 cars to stage such a road march?”
She alleged that all the cars have been bought from the money looted by BNP during its last tenure. "What can people get from the party that loots orphans’ property?"
Hasina said people feel shy seeing the long saga of corruption by the BNP chairperson's two sons. “One son's corruption was proved in the US Federal Court, while another's in Singapore. They earned the nation a bad repute and shame with such activities,” the prime minister said.
The prime minister said Khaleda's criticism of the last caretaker government is nothing but a falsehood. “Chief adviser Fakhruddin was of her (Khaleda) choice. Fakhruddin was made the Bangladesh Bank governor by her government who later helped her two sons siphon off public money abroad,” she said.
Moeen U Ahmed was also made the army chief bypassing nine major generals by the BNP government, Hasina said. "And president lajuddin Ahmed did not face her wrath as he became the Yes Uddin for her (Khaleda).”
Hasina said the opposition chief and her party men are now very unhappy as the people are living in peace and happiness. “People's happiness brings unhappiness for the BNP chairperson and her party leaders.”
She said Khaleda often scolds Fakhruddin and Moeen U Ahmed as she could not rig the last general election using 1.23 lakh fake votes and she could not enjoy the money and property she had looted during her last regime.
The prime minister said while the BNP government did not add even a single megawatt of power during its last five-year tenure, the present government has so for added several thousands megawatts to the national grid.
Hasina also declared that the government would turn Gazipur into a city corporation considering its importance and that it would be linked with Dhaka through an elevated expressway.