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Download PDF Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said if her party is voted to power through a fair and credible election they would continue anti-corruption drives.
Hasina was addressing leaders and activists of the party’s US chapter at her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s Cambridge residence in Boston in the USA, reported US-based American News Agency (ANA).
Corruption remains one of the major obstacles to the country’s development, said Hasina, who is staying in the US for medical treatment. The AL president was released temporarily on an executive order of the caretaker government on June 11.
Referring to the achievements made during her party’s rule from 1996-2001, Hasina urged the AL leaders and activists to work unitedly to uphold the country’s image across the globe.
All have to work together to strengthen the democratic institutions and ensure the holding of a free, fair and credible parliamentary election in the country, she said adding that if it happens it would be possible to turn Bangladesh into a medium developed country by 2020.
Expressing gratitude to the party leaders and activists in the US, Hasina said it was possible for her to come to the US for treatment as a free person due to their courageous role.
The AL leaders told her that a new committee of the party’s New York City unit has been formed.
“The major task of such a committee is to uphold the image of Awami League across the globe and build the ‘Sonar Bangla’ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dreamt of,” she said.
The AL chief also urged the expatriate Bangladeshis to work together for the country’s welfare.
Hasina along with Joy and other family members will leave Boston for Washington today. She will go to Orlando in Florida for ear treatment after undergoing eye check-up in Washington.
AL chief’s personal aide Dr Hasan Mahmud, and party leaders Abdus Sobhan Golap, Dr Siddiqur Rahman Khan, Dr AKA Momen, Syed Basharat Ali, Abul Mansur Khan, Sazzadur Rahman Sazzad, Nizam Chowdhury, Mujibur Rahman Mia, Abul Kashem, Khosruzzaman Khosru, Mamotaz Shahana, Amena Parvin, Shamsuddin Azad, Bakhtiar Ali Shah, Abdus Samad Azad, Faruk Ahmed and Jahangir Alam, among others, were present.
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