Beneficiaries of 1/11 become active with BNP again: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the beneficiaries of 1/11 have become

active along with BNP again.

"The emergency government came to power on 1/11 for two years due to

misrule and corruption of BNP. That time, Dr Kamal Hossain gave a

certificate to the government (emergency) -- 'stay in power as long as

you want'. 'Suajn' was also with them," he said.

The minister added: "The beneficiaries of 1/11 have become active

again and they are doing online meetings and hatching conspiracies.

They are spreading confusion. And it is an ominous sign. Awami League

leaders and activists will face the conspiracies in together with the

countrymen."

He was addressing the triennial conference of Awami League Natore

district unit at Gobinda Chanda Chowdhury Stadium here.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges

Minister Obaidul Quader addressed the conference as the chief guest

while AL Presidium Member Abdur Rahman inaugurated it.

AL Presidium Member and Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM

Khairuzzaman Litan, AL organising secretary SM Kamal Hossain, health

secretary Rokeya Sultana, state minister of Information and Technology

Zunaid Ahmed Palak, lawmakers Shahidul Islam Bakul and Ratna Ahmed, AL

executive member Merina Jahan and Barind Multipurpose Development

Authority Begum Akthar Jahan, among others, addressed the conference.

AL district unit president Professor Abdul Quddus, MP, presided over

the conference while its general secretary Shafiqul Islam Shimul, MP,

conducted it.

Hasan said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

encouraged the people and achieved the independence in exchange of

blood of people of all faiths. After the freedom, he had devoted

himself to the nation-building tasks, he added.

The minister said Bangabandhu was leading the country on the path

of prosperity after bringing back one crore homeless people from

India. And there were another two crore refugees inside the country

and the communication system was collapsed, he added.

He said when Bangabandhu was assassinated in 1975, the country's GDP

growth was 7.4 percent. Now, the country is marching ahead under the

dynamic leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh

Hasina, said Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary.

He said about three crore people have become under social security

policy and the government is providing houses to distressed people.

The Awami League government has established Islami Arabic University

and model mosques at every district and upazila levels, he added.

The minister said the responsible persons of about two lakh

mosque-based maktabs are given Taka 5,200 as allowance. The

construction works of the much-awaited Padma Bridge have been

completed almost and the nation is waiting for inauguration of the

bridge, he added.

He said the government is able to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

successfully for the far-sighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh

Hasina. About 17 crore people of the country came under vaccination

and more one crore people will come under vaccination on February 26,

he added.

On the other hand, Hasan said, BNP is busy with spreading confusion

and propaganda. The BNP leaders including Mirza Fakfrul Islam Alamgir

tried to create confusion among the countrymen about the vaccine, he

added.

He said the global community including the World Health

Organisation and the United Nations are praising the role of Prime

Minister Sheikh Hasina in combating the COVID-19 epidemic.