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Conspiracies on to thwart polls

PM urges people to resist the attempt

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said different quarters are conspiring to thwart the January 5 elections that are important for continuing the constitutional process in the country.
"The conspirators of 1/11 of2007 are back with multifaceted plots and schemes to foil the upcoming elections and bring undemocratic forces to power," she told an election rally at Mirpur Adarsha High School ground in the capital.
The address by Hasina comes three days before the national polls boycotted by the majority of political parties, including the main opposition BNP.
Saying the elections would be held in a free, fair and neutral manner, the AL president urged people to exercise their democratic right to vote, and resist those who try to foil the elections. In the meantime, the BNP-led 18-party alliance threatened to foil the elections and continue its blockadeprogrammesaaossthecountry.
Hasina alsospoke at two other rallies in Mirpur and Uttara and sought votes for AL-nominated candidates Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Ilias Uddin Mollah and ShaharaKhatun.
The premier said, "Agroup ofcivil society membets, who brought to power the unconstitutional government through the 1/11 political changeover in 2007 and wanted to form the king's party, is still working to create a similar situation."
She added, "The civil sodety members, who think they are eminent persons, want to destroy democracy time and again because they feel ignored when a
democraticgovemmentis in power."
They become more important if there is an undemocratic and unconstitutional government, said Hasina, alertingpeople about those who want no good forthecountryand its people.
She said the government has tried eveiythingto hold dialogue with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to solve the ongoingpolitical impasse, buttheopposition leader refused to take the opportunities.
The ALchief said the opposition leader boycotted the elections, as Jamaat-e-lslami could not take part in the polls following a High Court order that declared illega 1 its registration as a political party.
"The Awami League always acts on whatever people want, but the BNP alwaysgoes against their wishes ” she
said. She added thattheexecution ofwarcriminalAbdul Quader Mollah, which was a popular demand, has effaced the stigma ofthe nation.
Referring to the BNP-led alliance's ongoing movement, the premier said it is not a movement, but teirorism, as people are not involved in it She alleged the BNP chairperson has resorted to killings through bombings and arson attacks by hired criminals.
Hasina rematked that her government has curbed terrorism and militancy while the BNPchaitperson has harboured them.
She highlighted various developments made by her government in the last five years, and pledged to undertake many more development projects if voted