Prime minister and leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Thursday told the parliament that none could isolate her from the people as they had confidence and trust that she had been working for their welfare.
鈥榊ou can鈥檛 isolate me from the people. My strength is the people and I move ahead with their strength. The people have trust and confidence in me that I am working for them. So, the confidence and trust of the people in me is my only belongings. So, I don鈥檛 care anyone as long as the countrymen are with me,鈥� she said.
She was delivering the valedictory speech in the second session of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad with speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Sheikh Hasina said that she was well aware that her father Bangladesh鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated on August 15, 1975 as assassins failed to isolate him from the people.
The vested quarters, she said, had conducted massive propaganda against the founding president despite the fact that he had given every foundation of running the state including enactment of the Constitution for the welfare of the country and its people.
鈥楢fter being failed to separate him [Bangabandhu] from the people, they killed him. Attempts were also made time and again on my life,鈥� she said.
The leaders and workers of the Awami League saved her even sacrificing their lives, she said.
The prime minister said that she would work for the country and its people ignoring all such attacks on her life.
Sheikh Hasina, also president of the Awami League, said that they had been working for the betterment of the countrymen.
鈥楾he countrymen are reaping benefits of the development works done by us. What can we do, if you try to make every work questionable?鈥� she asked.
The prime minister said questions about the necessity of constructing a rail track on the Padma Bridge and metro rail in Dhaka had been raised.
She, however, said that the people who were enjoying the facilities could tell better about their necessity. Per hour around 60,000 people can travel from Uttara to Motijheel in the city by metro rail, she said.
The prime minister urged those on a hot pursuit to criticise every government works to change their mindsets. 鈥楻ecognise what we have done for the development of the country,鈥� she said.
