Give us another chance to serve you

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today urged the countrymen to give her party another chance in the next general election to help establish Bangladesh as a developing country.

She, however, warned them against the dangers of electing the anti-liberation and corrupt elements to power again. She said those forces will destroy all the achievements of the country.

“I am grateful to the people as they voted us to power time and again and gave us scope to serve them. The next general election is knocking at the door. I wish the people will give us another chance to establish Bangladesh as a developing nation as the country will start its journey as a complete developing nation from 2026. We have taken preparation to this end,” she said.

“I feel very happy to meet you on the holy day of Eid-ul-Fitr as you people are my near and dear ones and relatives of my soul,” she said, adding that she got the love and affection of her parents and brothers, who she lost on the dreadful night of August 15 in 1975, from them .

The PM said continuation of democratic process in the country and stability since 2009 has helped Bangladesh getting the developing nation status.

Bangladesh, she said, has witnessed such a huge socio-economic advancement as the people voted the Awami League to power in 2008, 2014 and 2018 elections consecutively.

“I am expressing my gratitude to Allah and the people of Bangladesh for voting Awami League to power time and again and giving us to serve them,” she said.

Sheikh Hasina said she loves the country and its people like a mother. She said she has been working relentlessly to bring smiles on the faces of the distressed people by changing their fates, giving them a beautiful and improved life by ensuring all the basic needs as envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The PM said this year’s Eid journey was easy and peaceful due to massive infrastructure development that included roads, highways, bridges, especially the Padma Bridge.

She urged the people to maintain good relations with neighbours and stand by the poor and needy people.

She also asked her party men to stay beside the people in their needs.

The PM first exchanged Eid greetings with the people of all strata of life that include her party leaders and workers and people of all classes and professions that include poets, litterateurs, writers, journalists, teachers and intellectuals.

Later, she exchanged Eid greetings with cabinet colleagues, judges, cabinet secretary, chiefs of the three services, foreign diplomats, senior secretaries, secretaries and other civil and military officials with rank equivalent to secretaries.