The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said those who were involved in plundering the funds of orphans and the mass people will have to face the trial.
'Trial is a must for those who were involved in pocketing the funds of orphans and the common people,' she told a reminiscence meeting at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre Thursday.
Dhaka Mahanagar Awami League organised the meeting with its acting president MA Aziz in the chair.
The prime minister said it would be foolish to think that they won't have to return the plundered funds of orphans and the mass people. 'Are they thinking they'll remain out of the reach of justice? Of course, they'll have to face trial.'
Regarding water and power crises, she said a game was going on behind the scene. 'There's no reason for the water crisis this time, as we've taken numerous steps to ensure uninterrupted water supply. But there are some people who are deliberately creating the crisis,' she said adding that the patriotic people have to remain alert in this regard.
'Even there's no reason for power cut during iftar and sehri. In the last two years, we increased the power generation and added 2,000MW to the national grid. We also developed the transmission line,' she said.
She, however, mentioned this generation boost was not enough since the demand was much higher, as the BNP-Jamaat alliance and caretaker government during their seven years tenure failed to produce any power. 'We found only 3,100MW of electricity when we came to power this time, though we had left 4,300MW in 2011,' she said.
Hasina urged all to be judicious in using power, water and gas to reduce their wastages.
To ease the traffic jam in Dhaka, the prime minister said, her government had taken steps to construct flyovers, elevated express ways and other measurers.
'We know what the problems are, but we didn't create these problems. As a matter of fact, we inherited these from the previous governments. We won't sit idle, we'll try our level best to resolve the problems as soon as possible,' she said.
But, she said, the government had fund constraints and the people had to wait due to this.
Criticising the opposition for their destructive attitude, the prime minister said their atrocities would not be tolerated. 'They don't obey the constitution, parliament, the High Court and its verdict. Then what do they want?' she asked.
She mentioned that the government was not involved in the cantonment house issue of the opposition leader and the annulment of the 5th amendment to the constitution. 'It's the court that gave the verdict. That's why the BNP is angry with the High Court and created anarchy in the court.'
The prime minister said the people of the country voted them to power to serve them and put the country back on right track.
'With 15th amendment to the constitution, we've restored the spirit of the liberation war and sealed the path to illegal power capture,' she said.
Deputy leader of the house Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, DU VC AAMS Arefin Siddique, Dhaka Mohanagar Awami League general secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, state minister for law Quamrul Islam, city AL leaders Fayezuddin Miah, SK Bazlur Rahman, Mukul Chowdhury and Hazi Selim also spoke at the meeting.
Source : Nge Age
