“Whenever Awami League came to power, the country experienced development,” she said at a public meeting at Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Wednesday.
“Give us a chance to finish the development work initiated during this government’s tenure by voting for boat (the election symbol of Awami League).”
On the other hand, she said, BNP indulged in corruption, looting and murder whenever it came to power.


“Her husband’s broken suitcase has turned into a magic box. Diamond and chiffon sarees come out of it now,” she said in a no-holds barred attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.The Prime Minister also blamed the Opposition for the violence during the shutdown called by it demanding a ‘non-party’ caretaker government to conduct the next polls.
“I requested the Opposition Leader not to call any shutdown because children’s exams were on but she did not listen to me and enforced the shutdown,” she said.
“She failed to give anything to people when she was in power. We have introduced new buses. She burned down 50-60 buses.”
Referring to her telephonic conversation with Khaleda, she said she had requested the Opposition Leader not to cut cake on Aug 15 but she did not bother.
On Aug 15, 1975, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along with most of his family members, was killed in a military coup.
Bangabandhu’s youngest son Russel, a fourth-grader was among them.
 Hasina had survived the assassination attempt as she was abroad.
Khaleda celebrates Aug 15 as her birthday, but Awami League condemns it saying it is her “fake birthday” and has urged her not to celebrate the day.
Hasina said “I even told her about Russell…. but she must cut the cake on the day. There is no compassion in her heart.”
“I would not have said anything if it was her real birthday. She encourages the killers by observing her birthday on this day.”
With local Awami League MP Asaduzzaman Khan in the chair, presidium members Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak also addressed the meeting.