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Help try war criminals

Hasina urges Khaleda; slams her for threatening govt

UNB, Sandwip, Ctg
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the BNP chief's 'Dhaka Cholo' programme is "designed to protect the war criminals” facing trial for their involvement in killings, plundering and rapes during the Liberation War.
“Trial of war criminals is our election pledge. It must be accomplished. I want your cooperation,” she told a huge rally at a ground close to Sandwip Haji AB College yesterday afternoon. Earlier, she addressed a function on the occasion of installation of solar home systems and biogas plants. Hasina's visit to Sandwip was only the second by a head of government after HM Ershad.
The prime minister said the Pakistani army had committed crimes upon the orders of their mentors. “But how did the sons of this soil could commit killings, plunders and arson, and hand over women to the Pakistan army?"
Hasina also came down heavily on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over the latter's recent remark to make this government lame and cripple. The prime minister said she had learnt in her childhood: Not to call a blind person blind and a lame person lame.
“The opposition leader does not know this saying since she did not study. People know it well who is lame and disabled... We will not allow making our people lame and cripple as long as we are alive,” she said.
Continuing her rant, Hasina said while in power, the BNP government had "maimed and killed” innumerable people, but the trial of those killings and maiming were not held. "Killing of people is in their character."
She advised her arch rival to behave properly and offer apology to the people and say "tawba” (confession of
guilt) that she would not repeat any such sin in future.
The premier said the present government wanted to establish peace and security in the country. But during the BNP's rule, "Bangladesh was known to the whole world as a country of corruption, terrorism and militancy.
“BNP is the synonym for terrorism, corruption and money laundering," she said, adding that the BNP chief had indulged in corruption while in power and “whitened” her “black money” ruining the image of the nation.
Hasina said all elections were held peacefully under the present government and people elected their representatives according to their free will. “We have arranged a system ensuring people's right to vote according to their choice," she added.
Referring to the proposed Sandwip-Noakhali cross dam, the prime minister said the Netherlands has been doing the feasibility study on the project. The government will decide on the feasibility report, but it would take time.
Chaired by Sandwip upazila Awami League President M Shajahan, the meeting was also addressed by Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu MP, Engr Mosharraf Hossain MP, Ahmad Hossain, MA Salam, Moslem Uddin Ahmed and Aminul Islam.