AL never came to power thru coup: Ashraf

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BSS, Narsingdi :
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said here yesterday that Awami League is the only political party that did not come to power through a military coup.
“Awami League never came to power through conspiracy although Field Marshal Ayub Khan, General Ziaur Rahman and General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in military uniform grabbed state power and floated political parties through conspiracies-coups,” he said.
Pointing at BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, the Awami League leader said, “Don’t forget that your husband (Ziaur Rahman) came to power in the darkness of night masterminding a military coup.”
Syed Ashraf said this while speaking as the chief guest at the triennial council of District Awami League (AL) at Musleh Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in the district headquarters.
District AL president and administrator of the District Council Advocate Asaduzzaman chaired the council, also addressed, among others, by AL organising secretary Ahmed Hossain, former state minister for housing Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan, women’s affairs secretary Fazilatunnessa Indira, health and population affairs secretary Dr Badiuzzaman Bhuiyan Dublew, state minister for water resources Lt Col (Retd) Md Nazrul Islam Heeru, Advocate Nurul Mazid Humayun, MP, state minister for jute and textiles Mirza Azam, AL central working committee member Enamul Haque Shamim, Awami Juba League general secretary Harunur Rashid and Nazrul Islam Babu, MP.
Syed Ashraf said, “Awami League is not merely a political party, it’s a family too. No political party in the world had to go through political persecution like it. Awami League made history getting overwhelming majority in the polls and liberating the country in a nine-month war. It was possible only for people’s deep trust and faith in party’s leadership and ideologies.”
He told Begum Khaleda Zia: “Awami League did not subtract you from the January 5 parliament polls. Rather, you were invited to participate in the polls. But, you created anarchy across the country in a bid to thwart the polls in vain.”
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