I feel a lot of pain when I see that innocent people burnt to death in petrol bomb attacks, she says
Calling the BNP-Jamaat alliance “murderers, terrorists and militants” yesterday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again rejected the possibility of holding any dialogue with them. She said: “The BNP-Jamaat people are militants. We cannot sit with them.” When asked at a briefing at Dhaka Medical College Hospital whether she would sit for a dialogue with the BNP, Hasina placed counter questions: “Talks? With whom?
With killers, with those who are burning people? Question does not arise.” Sheikh Hasina visited patients at the burn unit of the DMCH yesterday.
Many of these patients are victims of petrol bomb attacks carried out during the ongoing transport blockade since January 6 and several spells of countrywide general strike. So far at least 69 people have died in these attacks and many more have been injured.
“I feel a lot of pain when I see that innocent people burnt to death in petrol bomb attacks. It is difficult to believe that people can be so inhuman,” she said. The prime minister called upon people to remain alert and put up resistance against those, who want to push the country towards darkness with subversive activities “in the name of a movement.” Referring to a citizens’ initiative to launch a dialogue between the two main political parties, Hasina said: “I went to express my condolences after Khaleda Zia’s son had died.
But they locked the gates and I came back.” Hasina said: “You think people would accept such insult when they go for dialogues?” Hasina said Khaleda Zia had become insane. “She has completely lost it. She just wants to see dead bodies.” She added, presumably referring to the civil society initiative which includes former advisers of the caretaker government: “A group of people are talking about dialogue now. But those very people could not even hold elections. Some had to resign and go away. Do we now have to learn from them what to do?”
When pointed out that the people took to the streets because of her reassurances and yet falling victims to deadly violence, the three-time prime minister said: “They come out to the streets for their livelihoods. It has little to do with my reassurances. But we are doing all we can to prevent these attacks.” Hasina then turned on the media and urged them not to broadcast the activities of the “killers and terrorists.” “Why do you keep showing them on TV channels?
Will your television stations die if you do not show their news?” Hasina said: “I am the one who gave permission to all these stations! The more their activities are shown on TV, the more they are encouraged. Stop broadcasting their news and they will stop by themselves.”
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