Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the ruling Awami League had allowed its leaders to contest the last general elections beyond party nomination to save the democracy.
“Had it (polls) not been open to all party members, not only the elections would have been tainted, the democracy in the country would have been jeopardized,” she said in her introductory speech at an extended party meeting at the PM’s Ganabhaban official residence.
The premier reminded the meeting the party’s polls manifesto and need for its implementation to maintain the country’s as a developing nation.
Sheikh Hasina said the upcoming upazila elections would as well be open for all party members to contest but warned her party men not to engage in any confrontation saying any such disruptive behavior would be dealt with strict punitive measure.
She continued to say her party has again opened upazila elections, which is approaching, for all her party men.বিস্তারিত