Sheikh Hasina thanks countrymen for making lockdown program a success

Staff Correspondent

Dhaka, November 13: Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed gratitude to the countrymen for making the lockdown program announced by the Awami League successful and worthwhile. In a statement on Tuesday, she said, the program has been successful due to the spontaneous participation of people from all walks of life, from political leaders and activists to students, teachers, journalists, artists, lawyers, farmers, workers, rickshaw pullers and daily wage earners.

Sheikh Hasina said, “The spontaneous participation of the people in the Awami League’s lockdown program has proven that the people of the country are united in protecting democracy, justice and rights. I express my deepest thanks and gratitude to the countrymen for their unwavering support.”

In the statement, she alleged that law enforcement agencies are repressing the common people on the orders of the government. Sheikh Hasina said, “From the elderly praying, to women and youth, they are being arrested. The government is treating the entire country as an enemy.”

She warned,

“No oppression or torture of the people will be tolerated. The more oppression and torture increases, the stronger the protest will be.”

At the end of the statement, the Awami League President announced the continuation of the movement to restore democracy, against state terrorism and repression.

As the party’s next program, Sheikh Hasina called for nationwide demonstrations, protests and resistance on November 14 and 15 , and a complete shutdown across the country on November 16 and 17 .

At the end of the statement, she said, “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu, long live Bangladesh.”