PM compares civil society members with dustbin

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday compared a section of civil society members of the country with dustbin for their greedy attitude to go to power by selling themselves out to ‘evil forces’.
‘The way the word “use me” is written on a dustbin placed beside a road, those people hang signboard on their chest writing “use me” for politics and power,’ Hasina told parliament while responding to a supplementary question of treasure bench MP Fazilatun Nesa Bappy. 
The prime minister questioned the basis on which they became members of civil society.
Hasina said that a class of people in the country always wanted to go to power through unconstitutional means, for after the killing of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, the trend of grabbing power illegally and the politics of killing, conspiracy and coup started.
Taking the scope of such politics those people found a way to power, she said.
Taking a swipe at the intellectuals, the prime minister said that they dreamt of going to power through an unconstitutional path.
‘But they are unfit for electoral politics. They do not dare to go to the people to seek vote,’ she said.
Narrating a story of a donkey and a pretty girl, Hasina said that the donkey dreamt of marrying the girl if she failed to hold the rope during her display in the circus.
‘I am not terming our civil society members as donkey as all of them are highly educated, internationally recognised and educated abroad. But when we see their attitudes and their desire, which are like that of the donkey, it reminds me of the story of the donkey.’ she said
Their dreams of enjoying power through any unconstitutional way would not come true, she said.
Terming the members of the civil society as sick, the prime minister said it was very unfortunate for the country as they did not see the nation’s achievements and development when the world recognised the country’s forward march towards development.
Citing a Bangla song, haire kopal mondo, chokh thakite andho, [meaning, it is unfortunate to become blind despite having eyes] Hasina said, ‘They are blind and deaf despite having eyes and ears.’
During the question-answer session, the premier informed the parliament about her government’s various achievements in poverty reduction, economic development, modernising education system, ensuring housing for homeless and food and clothes for every citizen of the country.

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