State Minister for Local Government Ministry Mashiur Rahman Ranga said post 1975 regimes put in their efforts to hold down ruling Awami League for 21 years.
Awami League was not allowed to keep its head high for 21 years after the assassination of Bangabandhu, he said this on Monday while speaking at a discussion on National Mourning Day organised by the Local Government Ministry.
Ranga said propaganda was carried out against Bangabandhu and family while Awami League leaders and activists were exposed to reprehension during the 21 years until the landmark 1996 general elections which brought the party back to power.
He sought support for the incumbent government with Jatiya Party being its coalition partner saying under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership the country was advancing on the track to be a middle income country by 2019.
“All of us should to extend our hands to the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she is working relentlessly for the development of the country,” he said.
The discussion was held at the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) with Local Government Division’s secretary Abdul Maleque in the chair.
The meeting also was addressed, among others, by Acting Secretary of Rural Development and Cooperative Division Proshanta Kumar Roy, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Chief Engineer Shyama Prashad Adhikari, Director General of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) Mohammad Abdul Quiyum and DPHE Chief Engineer M Wali Ullah.
