Build resistance against anarchists: PM

Blasting the opposition leader for turning down her (Sheikh Hasina's) proposal for an all-party poll-time government, the Prime Minister said the Election Commission would conduct the next general elections which would be free, fair and neutral. "Despite that, I proposed formation of an all-party poll-time government to hold the next elections so that no doubt arises about the polls," she said. "But our opposition leader is not liking the proposal. She wants to enforce hartal, kill people and play with the blood of the people. She does not want development," Sheikh Hasina said.
Listing various steps for the development of education, the Prime Minister said her government has decided to nationalize a high school and a college in each upazila. "We have also taken initiatives for setting up a university in each district to ensure higher education for the students," she said. The Prime Minister also said the government has formulated a time-befitting education policy and is distributing free textbooks on the first day of the calendar year. She said 1.33 lakh female students are being given stipends from the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust Fund. "We have nationalized 26,000 primary schools and the jobs of 1.4 lakh teachers," she added.
Sheikh Hasina urged the people to reelect Awami League in the next general election to accomplish the unfinished tasks initiated by her government and complete the trial of war criminals. "We seek your vote so that we could build Bangladesh as a prosperous and developed country and establish it as a dignified nation on the world stage," she said.
Earlier, the Prime Minister arrived here to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of a number of development projects.
Deputy Leader of the House and Awami League presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Awami League Advisory Council members Amir Hossain Amu and Tofail Ahmed, Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, Railway Minister Mujibul Haque and General Secretary of Awami League Rajbari district unit Kazi Keramat Ali, MP, also spoke with Rajbari District AL President Zillul Hakim, MP, in the chair.