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Hasina cautions against 1/11-like situation

Meets CPB, BSD leaders

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said development of the country would be hampered if a 1/11 -like situation arises again.
She sought support from all proliberation forces forthe rulingAwami League’s return to power for continuation of the democratic process and development activities.
Hasina, also AL president, was addressing a meeting with the leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and BangladesherSamajtantrik Dal (BSD) at the Gono Bhaban.
The meeting was organised as part of the PM's ongoingdialogue with political parties over a polls-time government and the latest political situation.
Stating various experiences after the 1/11 political changeover in
2007 when a military-backed caretaker government ruled the country for two years, the premier said the then army chief Moeen U Ahmed wanted to be president of the country by postponing the December 2008 election, sources said.
She claimed that for this reason the DGFI, the armed forces intelligence, gave her a proposal that she would be given the
status of a prime minister if she did not contest the polls.
"In response, I told Brigadier General ATM Amin [former DGFI officer], who gave me the proposal, that I was a minister long before you and General Moeen were born. My father was the president and prime minister and 1 myself was the prime minister of the country.
"So don't give me an offer of giving me the status of a prime minister. Rather hold elections and if he [Moeen] wants to be president, tell him to form a political party, go to the people, take their mandate and become president if parliament elects," a source quoted Hasina as saying.
CPB and BSD leaders thanked Hasina for inviting BNP chief Khaleda Zia for talks over the polls-time government.
They suggested that the PM finds an acceptable solution over the matter through talks with Khaleda, said CPB Adviser Monjurul Ahsan Khan, who attended the meeting.
They also criticised the government for imposingaban onpolitical programmes.
CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim, BSD General Secretary
Khalequzzaman, CPB General Secretary Syed Abu Jafar Ahmed, Hader Akbar Khan Rono, Ruhin Hossain Prince, among others,