Online Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Awami League, will start her party’s official election campaign for the 12th national elections from Sylhet by joining a public rally there, said AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina acknowledged the contribution of Sylhet expatriates to the country’s economy, Quader told this while speaking at the opening ceremony of Bhangapur Bridge construction in Sylhet’s Balaganj virtually from the AL’s Dhaka district office in Tejgaon on Monday morning.

“For the development of Sylhet, the Awami League government has extensively constructed roads, bridges and culverts. People of Sylhet also love and like Sheikh Hasina,” he said, adding that the countrymen are eagerly waiting to make the premier victorious in the next election.

Referring to the BNP, Quader said, “A political party of our country that does not believe in the ideals of independence, the values of the Liberation War are waging movements to remove an established party and its leader from power.

Obaidul Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, has said the fall of those who do politics over terrorism and arson, is inevitable.

“BNP wants to oust the government through a sneak attack in the name of blockade. AL leaders and workers should remain alert. The AL will hold its peace and development rallies until the next elections. The country’s people are eager to vote for Sheikh Hasina,” he said.

He said BNP staged a drama of fraudulence in the name of movement on October 28 last, while they (BNP men) carried out violence, killed policeman, and attacked journalists, police hospital and the residence of the Chief Justice.

The people of Bangladesh are not safe under the BNP’s reign, he added.

Calling the AL leaders and workers to stay alert, Quader said, “We have nothing to lose. There is nothing to scare the BNP’s sneak attacks. Everyone should be careful”.

AL Organising Secretaries Mirza Azam and Sujit Roy Nandi, Information and Research Secretary Dr Salim Mahmud, Office Secretary Biplab Barua, Central Committee Member Mohammad Ali Arafat and AL Dhaka District General Secretary Paniruzzaman Tarun, among others, were present.