Staff Reporter:
Ruling Awami League MP Meher Afroz Chumki on Sunday said no one in Bangladesh is now starving.
“People of the country do not want ‘panta’ rice any more, they don’t go door to door and beg,” she said.
The MP said this during a discussion on the 50th anniversary of the National Parliament where President Abdul Hamid gave a speech last Friday.
Chumki said that poverty has disappeared from Bangladesh.
“We don’t deny that prices have been going up. People are suffering all over the world. They are spend-ing money after a lot of consideration. But is there any person in Bangladesh without food? We can proudly say that the people of Bangladesh are not going without food. People do not want panta rice any more, today they want good food and clothes. The country is self-sufficient today,” she said.
Saying that Sheikh Hasina is one of the top global leaders in women’s empowerment, Chumki added that the prime minister has appeared for question and answer in parliament for bringing accountability.
Expressing determination to move forward while facing conspiracy, Chumki said this is not 1975, this is 2023. “Country is on track to become Smart Bangladesh in 2041. No one can get away with conspiracy here. We will move forward.”
“Why do we need to seek votes? Because, after killing of Bangabandhu, a generation grew up in Bang-ladesh with wrong and distorted history. They do not know the history of Bangabandhu, they do not know the history of this country,” she said.
She mentioned that some intellectuals have forgotten that on the eve of victory, intellectuals were killed by the Pakistani army and their collaborators so that this country fails to move forward.
The ruling party MP said that with “false information and exploiting a child by paying him just Tk 10, a section of people have mocked the independence of the country.”
