People of Bangladesh deserve honour for the stride forward, not she, says Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is the people who deserve the honour given to her at a civic reception for government’s successes including making way for implementation of Land Boundary Agreement with India.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 29 May 2015, 02:55 PM
Updated : 29 May 2015, 02:55 PM

Speaking at the function in Dhaka on Friday, she said her government was able to make the achievements only because the people had voted the Awami League to power.
 
Referring to her assuming office in 2009 with clear majority, the prime minister said: “We’d declared a vision to take the country forward with the spirit of Liberation War.
 
“The march to progress that we had initiated after coming to power in 1996 was undone between 2001 (elections) and 2007 (takeover by caretaker government).”
 

“I’m grateful to the people of Bangladesh for voting us to power in 2009 elections and giving us the chance to serve (the country). 
“We can serve the people because they have given us the opportunity,” she added.
Hasina said the development her government had achieved on social and economic fronts was the contribution of the people.
“I don’t deserve the reception you’re giving me; the people of Bengal deserve it,” she said.