Amid Deepening Crisis, Ordinary People Recall Sheikh Hasina

Opinion

Sheikh Hasina once said, ‘Don’t you all have mobile phones? Who gave you this mobile phone? We gave it to you. The Awami League government gave it to you.’ What a protest from civil society! They bought mobile phones with their own pocket money, why did Sheikh Hasina say that the Awami League government gave them mobile phones?

Now let’s come to the current topic.

You see these people, half-dead in the scorching sun, sitting at the petrol pump for fuel, but they did not come to get fuel at a discount or at a discount. They came with money in their pockets. If necessary, they will pay more than the stipulated amount. They do not get it either. In other words, having money in your pocket does not get everything.

We are not self-sufficient. To meet the needs of any product, we have to import it from abroad. That too is not possible if we have money. For this reason, there are many geopolitical equations, many negotiations have to be done. Then that product comes to the country.

Sheikh Hasina hinted at this point when she said she would give out mobile phones.

Similarly, this is also the reason why Sheikh Hasina takes credit for the Padma Bridge and other installations even though they were not built with her father’s money.

A bridge over a river cannot be built just because there is money. To build a bridge, proper management of that money has to be ensured. To build a bridge, unimaginable work has to be carried out, necessary measures have to be taken. Which not everyone can do. Sheikh Hasina could do.

Because Sheikh Hasina could, people did not have to suffer so much for fuel during Sheikh Hasina’s time. They did not have to fight to buy fuel. Sheikh Hasina resolved the onion crisis within 10 days. It did not take more than 10 days to resolve the fuel crisis either. Even after facing complex geopolitical equations, she would have fulfilled the fuel shortage in such a short time.

Of course, it’s not with Sheikh Hasina’s own money, but with the people’s money.

No government does anything with its own money. All governments work with the people’s money. But not all governments know how to use the people’s money. If the current government knew, people would not have to fight for more than a month for a little octane.

In the same context, Matiur Rahman said, if Sheikh Hasina had been in power, the current oil crisis in the country would have happened. However, the crisis would not have been so severe and terrible. Because Sheikh Hasina had four heads and ten hands. She would have dealt with whoever she needed.

For example, Russia for oil, China for heavy machinery, India for rice and pulses, Europe for export crisis, and Arab for labor. He understood who was subject to which amulet. And that is why Bangladesh did not fall into any deep crisis during Sheikh Hasina’s rule. As a result, Sheikh Hasina will gain immortality in history.

Aminul Islam said, Sheikh Hasina was a very prudent leader. She had a huge network worldwide. One example: Power plants were shut down due to coal shortage, there was a lot of load shedding, and extreme heat. Meanwhile, there was an extreme shortage of dollars. She requested the Indonesian President, and coal was immediately sent to Baki. The plant was started, and load shedding also became tolerable.

–Arif Ishtiaq