My target is to change countrymen’s fate: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her target is to change the fate of the countrymen.

"My target is to change the fate of the people of Bangladesh," she said in an introductory speech at the Tungipara Upazila Awami League office while exchanging greetings and views with people of all strata of lives of Tungipara on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.

The prime minister said the country's independence was achieved under the leadership of her father, Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangabandhu wanted to bring smiles to the faces of the countrymen for which he announced the programme for the second revolution, she said.

Expressing her resentment over the assassination of the Father of the Nation along with most of his family members on 15 August 1975 and the killing of four national leaders inside the Dhaka Central Jail on 3 November the same year, she said the target of killings was to halt the country's progress.

She continued that Bangabandhu was assassinated at a time when the country was advancing towards economic emancipation.

The premier said her government had made massive development of the country by implementing "My House, My Farm", Community Clinic, Digital Bangladesh, "My Village, My Town," and giving cent percent electricity.

Sheikh Hasina, a lawmaker from the Tungipara-Kotalipara constituency, credited the people of her constituency for having shouldered her responsibility as she had to give more time to ensure overall development of Bangladesh.

"Usually, the lawmakers from other constituencies only look after their respective constituencies while I have to work for development in all 300 constituencies. I have been able to do so, as the Kotalipara and Tungipara inhabitants have taken charge of her constituency," she said.

The premier said she roamed every part of the country after returning to the country from her six years of forced exile to change the fortune of the countrymen.

"There is no region in Bangladesh that I have not travelled to. I made the ride on a boat, sampan, launch and rickshaw van to reach the remotest areas of the country," she said.

She continued: "I have travelled the country in such ways and I took Bangladesh in such a dignified position using experiences that I had achieved roaming around the country."

During the view exchange, the Prime Minister wanted to hear the experiences of the local Awami League and associate organisations' leaders and activists and local representatives about the development of Tungipara.

As Sheikh Hasina expressed her desire to retire on the plea of being aged at the view exchange, the local people requested her to stay as the prime minister for the country's and its people's welfare.

They expressed their desire to see Sheikh Hasina as the next prime minister and reiterated their strong commitment to work helping AL in the next general election.

Sheikh Helal Uddin, MP, and Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel were present, among others, at the view exchange meeting.

Tunipara Upazila Awami League President Abul Khayer was on the dais while General Secretary Md Babul Sheikh moderated the function.