None can now hinder Bangladesh's advancement: PM
Sheikh Hasina urges newly elected party MPs to prioritise people's welfare
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said none can hinder the advancement of Bangladesh towards prosperity since her party is voted to power again.
"I firmly believe none can impede the advancement of Bangladesh as the Awami League is voted to power again," she said on Wednesday while presiding over an AL grand rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan, marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS.
Sheikh Hasina was appointed as the prime minister of Bangladesh yesterday by President Mohammed Shahabuddin, who also approved the formation of a new cabinet led by her.
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The prime minister and the new cabinet are set to be sworn in today.
Earlier in the day, Sheikh Hasina was unanimously elected as the Awami League (AL) parliamentary leader for a fourth consecutive time.
The decision was made at a meeting of the AL parliamentary party held at the Jatiya Sangsad after the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected lawmakers, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader told the media.
The ceremony, officiated by the 11th Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, commenced at around 10:30am in the Oath Room of the Parliament Complex.
At noon, Jatiyo Party parliament members took their oath, followed by MPs from the AL, independent lawmakers and other political factions.
During the AL parliamentary party meeting, Sheikh Hasina told her party's newly elected MPs that their highest priority should be the welfare of the people, reports UNB.
The AL also observed the day as the day of jubilation for its landslide victory in the 12th parliamentary election held on 7 January that saw the party bagging 222 seats.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh got the status of a developing nation in 2021 when the nation was celebrating two mega events, the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation and the golden jubilee of the independence.
"The country could not march ahead if the Awami League was not voted to power again," she said.
Bangabandhu, the supreme commander of the country's Liberation War, returned to independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi on 10 January 1972, after 290 days of confinement in Pakistan jail.
Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day was observed yesterday across the country in a befitting manner.
Sheikh Hasina thanked the people of the country for taking part in the last general polls spontaneously and voting for her party to power again confronting every sort of fear, arson terrorism and conspiracies.
She added that the voting turnout is a great thing as the AL-led alliance did the election while the BNP-Jamaat clique tried to foil the polls.
