“No one can stop Bangladesh’s advancement,” PM at JL’s Grand Youth Rally
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the chief guest at the ‘Grand Youth Rally’ hosted by Awami Jubo League. Almost a million JL activists joined the rally to celebrate the organization’s golden jubilee at the capital city’s Suhrawardy Udyan.
Prime Minister arrived around 2:45 pm to inaugurate the program by releasing pigeons and balloons. Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil accompanied the PM. This was the PM’s first public rally attendance in person since the outbreak of Covid-19.
A cultural program entertained the waiting activists before PM’s arrival. Actor Chanchal Choudhury was the star of the show with his beautiful singing. Suhrawardy Udyan became a “sea of people” as hoped by JL Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash. The activists began to arrive in thousands of numbers at the venue since morning donning colorful t-shirts.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave an enthralling speech to boost up the activists. “Today is Jubo League’s 50th anniversary meaning the golden jubilee. I congratulate all members and leaders of JL on this occasion.”
“As the Ukraine war is bringing sanctions after sanctions, all the imported goods price has increased. I am asking all JL leaders to return to their villages, cultivate their own lands and start cultivating infertile lands.”, she added.
For BNP activists she said, “They don’t see any developments. Now if someone is blind while they have good sights what can be done? They don’t see any developments, but they are using them anyway. They are reaping all the benefits of Digital Bangladesh. What did BNP do when they were in power? They looted people’s wealth and did not do any development. We have empowered the youth, Khaleda Zia killed thousands of activists in the name of Operation Clean Heart. Did any BNP leader ever think there will be a Bangladeshi Satellite in the sky? Bangladesh Awami League made it possible after coming to power.”
In her speech, Sheikh Hasina outlined various development initiatives of the government. Highlighting the financial situation of the country, Sheikh Hasina said, “The reserve is being spent for the welfare of the countrymen. The country’s money stays in the country. Those who said that the country will be Sri Lanka have been proven false. No one will be able to stop Bangladesh’s progress even if they conspire from abroad. Bangladesh will move forward.”
She criticized BNP and said that BNP did not develop but only plundered while in power. “Awami League’s criticism does not fit in the face of those whose leaders have been sentenced for murder and money laundering”, she added.
