Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today (Nov 24) urged the people to vote for her party's election symbol "boat" to give her government another chance to serve the nation.
She said: "I want you to promise that you will vote for the 'boat' to give the Awami League another scope to serve you as you did in the last election."
The premier was addressing a grand rally in Jeshore to begin the nationwide electoral campaign ahead of the 12th parliamentary elections.
"BNP did not give anything to the people except killing, repression, jail terms ans disappearing people," she said.
She also mentioned her government's massive development works across the country which helped Bangladesh become a developing country alongside elaborating their plans to transform Bangladesh into a developed one by 2041.
The PM said she held a meeting with the governor of Bangladesh Bank and the concerned people and they told her that there is no problem with liquidity in any bank.
"Our remittance is coming, investment from abroad is coming, export income is increasing alongside collection of tax," she added.
"We have increased the reserve to 48 billion USD from 5 billion USD," she said, adding that they used the reserve in purchasing fertiliser, rice, wheat and corn alongside purchasing vaccines of the Covid-19 and investing 8 billion USD from the reserve in various works.
The premier said the government has to give subsidies in export and agriculture alongside giving stimulus packages in various sectors from the reserve.
"We're spending the public money in the welfare of the people," she said.
AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, MP, Presidium Members, Piyush Kanti Bhattacharya, Agriculture Minister Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak, MP, and Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Sheikh Helal, MP, also spoke.
With Jashore District Awami League President Shahidul Islam Milon in the chair, its General Secretary Shahin Chaklader, MP, conducted the rally.
BDST: 1835 HRS, NOV 24, 2022
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