Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her gratitude to the people for voting for Awami League on January 7, ignoring all obstacles, and said that Awami League has returned the right to vote to the people.
She said this at a rally to celebrate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's homecoming and Awami League's victory in the 12th JS elections at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Wednesday (January 10) afternoon.
Referring to today's Bangladesh as a changed Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina said that people have voted for Awami League in every election since 2009 because this Awami League has returned the right to vote to the people.
Those who have never spoken about Ziaur Rahman's illegal election, today when a fair election is being held, they are running propaganda to question the election.
Awami League President said, I believe that the Awami League is coming back to power and no one can stop the progress of Bangladesh.
She said, our parliamentary committee unanimously elected me as the Prime Minister. I thank the Members of Parliament.
The Prime Minister said, many people have many dreams; many wanted to stop the election but failed. They wanted to prevent people from coming to vote in the elections, but still 41.8 percent votes were cast in the general elections. It's not simple, it's very big. This is why Awami League alone and our like-minded party tried to disrupt the election when another party has elected.
Sheikh Hasina said, in this election, no one can say that the vote was cast at night, the day vote was cast at night, the vote was rigged and there is no power to say that. Because you have seen that very transparent, impartial elections were held this time. We have allowed the Election Commission to conduct the elections. We did not interfere, we cooperated.
She said that everything from law enforcement agencies, administration and everything is entrusted to the Election Commission. Let the election be free and fair. We never interfered. With that, I would like to thank our law enforcement, administration officials, armed forces, who have fully cooperated with the Election Commission in conducting a free and fair election.