Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 20) said BNP won't get spared if they set fire to rail again or make any damage to the people.

She also said that they only know how to destroy, make corruption and plunder but don't know how to serve people.

The premier said this while opening train movement on the newly constructed 72-km dual-gauge double rail line built under the Akhaura-Laksam Double Track Project.

She joined the inaugural function at Laksam in Cumilla through a virtual platform from her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.

"We will not stop them in doing politics and are not doing so as well. But, they won't get spared if they set fire to rail again or make any damage to the people," Sheikh Hasina said referring to the violence unleashed by BNP-Jamaat clique during the 2013-2015 period.

"BNP-Jamaat knows how to destroy, don't know how to create anything, they don't know how to serve people, they only know how to do corruption and plunder as well as fulfill self interest. . .," she said.

Sheikh Hasina said the government won't impede political programmes of BNP-Jamaat but won't spare them if they repeat any destructive activity.

The prime minister urged the people to remain alert so that they can stay protected from the hands of terrorist BNP-Jamaat.

With the newly constructed 72-km dual-gauge double track, the entire 321-km Dhaka-Chattogram corridor has turned into a double lined one increasing its operational capacity, which will save travelling time by 30 minutes to one hour.

With Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan in the chair from Laksam end, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tazul Islam (also local MP from Laksam-Monohargonj) and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq (also local MP from Akhaura-Kashba) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) country director for Bangladesh Edimon Ginting spoke on the occasion.

BDST: 1514 HRS, JULY 20, 2023
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