She made the remarks when the party’s mayor candidates Atiqul Islam and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh greeted her at the Ganabhaban on Saturday night when they were on course to a huge win.
“It was a test for EVM. And the people’s faith in us has also been tested after what we have done for them,” she said.
The BNP has rejected the results calling a shutdown for Sunday in protest against “horrific vote rigging, forgery and intimidation”.
“The people never support the BNP for what they did – corruption, terrorism, militancy, creation of Bangla Bhai, money laundering, stealing the orphans’ money – when they were in power,” Hasina said.
“And it was a problem for them this time as they could not loot votes through acts of thuggery,” she added.
Senior party leaders were also present.
