Bangladesh PM Declares National Daily “Enemy” Of The Country: Report
Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday slammed Bangla-language day by day Prothom Alo and defined it as “an enemy of the Awami League, democracy, and the humans of Bangladesh,” said bdnews24.com.
She criticized Prothom Alo for appearing below the “cowl of darkness” after a seven-year-vintage toddler turned into endorsed to inform a lie approximately meals shortage.
“Those who communicate out towards corruption at the moment are speakme in favour of the those who are convicted in corruption cases,” PM Hasina stated for the duration of a consultation in Parliament, said bdnews24.com.
The MPs banged on their tables in settlement with the high minister, saying `shame, shame’. They additionally sounded their assist while Hasina defined the Prothom Alo as an enemy of the Awami League, democracy and the humans.
“A seven-year-vintage toddler turned into endorsed to inform a lie through paying him Tk 10. And that too for a announcement like — we want the liberty to make sure meat and rice [food] for everyone. They posted his words. It turned into all achieved through a famous day by day. The call is Prothom Alo, however they act below cowl of darkness,” stated PM Hasina.
She additionally slammed Prothom Alo for speakme in favour of an unelected authorities for an intervening time period, asking them to suppose who had benefited from one of these authorities for the duration of the 2007-2008 period.
“With a heavy heart, I should say that they by no means need balance withinside the united states. They had been elated while an emergency turned into declared in 2007. It turned into then that newspapers rolled up their sleeves [to achieve their goals],” PM Hasina stated.
The high minister advised the countrymen that they could higher recognize who’s favouring an unelected authorities, including that people who worry to stand the humans and recognize that they’ll now no longer be voted to energy thru elections are out to destabilise the united states thru distinctive means, said bdnews24.com.
Sheikh Hasina, additionally President of the Awami League, stated the then caretaker authorities were pressured to present an election (in 2008) wherein Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were given simplest 30 seats out of three hundred whilst her party-led grand alliance received the ultimate ones.
“They were given simplest 30 seats (withinside the 2008 election) and the way will they get more? We have won assist from the humans thru paintings and this isn’t our fault. We will retain to paintings for the humans’s welfare,” she added.
She stated in continuation of the election, her authorities has been in energy on account that 2009 so far thru the humans’s mandate following the democratic process.
“They are seeking to get rid of democracy and introduce a central authority with a view to now no longer act democratically. It could be an undemocratic action. Some of our intellectuals, who stay on promoting their intellect, preserve licking the boots of those [corrupt people] for a touch money,” PM Hasina stated.
She additionally slammed the United States for now no longer working towards its democratic norms past the Atlantic, said bdnews24.com.
“Does the definition of democracy alternate on the subject of the (international locations on the opposite aspect of the Atlantic)?” she stated.
The US lectures Bangladesh on democracy to the cheers of the competition parties, she stated. “They are lecturing us on democracy and human rights. What’s the state of affairs of their united states?”
“It has the energy to topple the authorities in any united states and the Muslim international locations, in particular, are experiencing a difficult time.”
“They are seeking to get rid of democracy and introduce a central authority with a view to now no longer have a democratic existence. It’ll be an undemocratic action. Some of our intellectuals, who stay on promoting their intellect, simply preserve licking the boots of those [corrupt people] simplest for a touch money.”
