No early poll: PM
Ruling out any chance of earlier election before 2019, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the fans of militancy and terrorism who don`t want Bangladesh`s progress and development may want general election before the schedule, reports BSS.
So far the Awami League remains in power, the development of Bangladesh would get momentum. They may raise hue and cry for earlier election who don`t like this development, she said.
The Prime Minister also said the next election would be held as per the schedule and according to the constitution. None should be worried about it.
The Prime Minister said this at press conference at Bangladesh UN Permanent Mission here on Tuesday evening (local time).
The press conference was arranged to inform the outcome of the Prime Minister`s visit to New York to attend the 70th UN General Assembly Session.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul, Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shariar Alam, members of PM`s entourage, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to UN Dr Abdul Momen and Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim were present.
Going beyond the Prime Minister`s UN visit, the press conference was dominated by questions of expatriate journalists on current political and local issues.
Terming her visit to New York as a successful one, the Prime Minister said the UNGA has adopted the crucial Post-2015 agenda, a very `pro people` goal for sustainable development of the nations particularly poor ones. Besides, she held very successful bilateral meeting with India, Japan, Netherlands and China.
Acknowledging the risk of international terrorism and militancy in Bangladesh, the Prime Minister said those people who plunged the country into politics of killing and coup have connection with international terrorism.
She said Bangladesh reeled on conspiratorial politics of killing and coup after 1975. The government is implementing various programmes to free the nation from terrorism and militancy, she said.
"Certainly the war criminals and killers of Bangabandhu would try to create an unstable situation in the country and they are ceaselessly trying to do this. Against their evil practice, the government is making all efforts to keep a peaceful situation in the country," she said.
Pointing out the recent murder of an Italian national in Dhaka, the Prime Minister said the government is trying to find out the culprits of the heinous murder. In this regard, she said, a BNP leader who is delivering misguiding statements on the sad murder would be interrogated, she said.
Sheikh Hasina said, some stray incident always happen not only in Bangladesh but everywhere in the world. Even in New York City, she said two Awami League leaders were killed in broad daylight.
She said the government is taking all ample measures to contain terrorism and militancy. But BNP-Jamaat alliance denied taking part in the election and choose the path of killing people. BNP and Jamaat started politics of killing from February 2013 and they continued it till 2014. And again they started resorting to terrorism from January to March 2015.
Bangladesh would of course try those people who are responsible for burning people alive, no killer would be able to escape. We will bring them to book whatever might be their position, she said.
