[ALOCHONA] Hasina promises best use of gas

Hasina promises best use of gas

Courtesy New Age 17/12/08
Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee . Tungipara, Gopalganj

The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday said that her government in 1996-2001 had refrained from exporting natural gas for the greater national interest despite pressure from international quarters.
   ‘As the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I cannot give in to any pressure and I did not agree to sell the country’s gas resource’, she told rallies on her campaign trail.
   The AL chief addressed rallies on her way to Tungipara in Gopalganj on the first leg of her three-day tour of south-western districts for her party’s campaigns for the December 29 parliamentary polls.
   She was accompanied by her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and Rehana’s daughter Azmina Siddiqui Rupanti.
    Addressing a rally at Srinagar Stadium in Munshiganj 1 constituency, the AL chief said her party, if voted to power, would make the best use of the country’s natural resources, for domestic purposes.
   She said the AL would take measures to determine the actual gas reserves and then plan for its proper use.
   The AL chief addressed five election rallies seeking votes for the candidates of the AL-led alliance and pledged to establish Bangladesh as the most peaceful nation in South Asia.
   ‘You will have to make a choice – whether you want anarchy and terrorism or peace and stability, whether you want food deficit or self-sufficiency in food….and cast your votes after taking a decision,’ said Hasina adding, ‘If you want to see a modern and developed Bangladesh, stamp the symbol of boat on the ballot.’
   While addressing a series of rallies at Munshiganj, Hasina pledged that, if voted to power, her government would construct the Padma bridge and would take effective steps to save Munshiganj district from erosion through river dredging.
   She also made a commitment to set up factories for processing food and agricultural products in Munshiganj, a major potato-growing region.
   The former prime minister assured the electorate to reduce prices of essentials, free education up to graduation level, set up new schools and colleges and bring an end to water, power and gas crises. She also vowed to curb terrorism, provide agricultural loans and subsidies, generate new jobs and ensure uninterrupted power supply.
   Hasina castigated the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government for plundering national wealth.
   She told the young generation that the Awami League-led grand alliance had set ‘vision 2021’ for the youth and wanted to build a digital Bangladesh to face the challenge of the 21st century.
   The AL chief announced her election manifesto titled ‘charter for change’ on December 12 which she dedicated to the young generation setting a vision for 2021.
   Her niece Ruponti, who also addressed some of the rallies, urged the first-time voters to stamp the symbol of boat in the elections in order to make their dream come true.
   Hasina addressed rallies at Balurmath at Shyampur in Dhaka 4 constituency, Srinagar stadium in Munshiganj 1, Baligao high school ground in Munshiganj 2, Bhanga Maligram school ground in Faridpur 4 and Moksedpur in Gopalganj 1 and introduced the party and alliance candidates Sanjida Khanam, Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh, Sagupta Yasmin Emili, Nilufer Zafarullah and Faruque Khan.
   People in their large numbers, including party leaders, activists and supporters attended the rallies carrying the AL’s electoral symbol ‘boat’ and chanted slogans in support of Sheikh Hasina and the grand alliance.

 

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