“We are launching our campaign for the next general elections from here (Sylhet). I seek your vote for ‘Boat’ for the elections to be held in December,” she told a rally in Sylhet city.
Hasina said the ruling Awami League aims to keep up Bangladesh’s journey towards further prosperity and development as a nation with dignity, taking on board people of Bangladesh at home and abroad.
“To achieve the goal, we seek vote for boat in the next elections,” she told the rally hours after visiting the holy shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal, Hazrat Shah Paran and Hazrat Gazi Borhan Uddin in the city and on its
outskirts.
The premier said Awami League’s symbol “boat” had brought independence and showed the path of prosperity, and now “the boat is taking ahead the country to the path of
development”.
The huge audience raised their hands amid applauses as at one point of her address, Hasina urged the people to express their support for
the “boat”.
In her first visit to the northeastern city since taking office for the second consecutive term in 2014, the prime minister came down hard on the BNP saying it’s a party which only “knows how to destroy”.
“They have burnt down thousands of vehicles in five years. Firebombs burnt 3,000 people.”
