The Whip of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Iqbalur Rahim on Wednesday said the country has been witnessing massive development in the last 14 years during the tenure of Awami League (AL) government, as the countrymen cast their votes to boat repeatedly.
"After assuming office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has made unprecedented development in communication sector. During the BNP-Jamaat regime, the communication sector was very much fragile," he told the inaugural ceremony of several development works in Dinajpur municipality.
The country had achieved tremendous economic progress following development of communication systems under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, said Iqbalur Rahim, a former general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
Noting that Sheikh Hasina made the country a role model of development, the Whip said she always thinks about taking the country forward and works for changing the fortune of common people.
About 70 thousand families in Dinajpur got free rice before the Eid-ul-Azha, he said the government is providing allowances in 135 categories including old-age allowance, widow allowance and maternity allowance under the social safety net.
He said every road has been developed in Dinajpur Sadar upazila during the AL government tenure.
Electricity has been reached every house while no road remained in dilapidated condition. When BNP-Jamaat was in power, condition of roads and highways was so bad that it was not possible to move on the streets, he mentioned.
Iqbalur Rahim also said that Sheikh Hasina has to be made Prime Minister again by voting AL's electoral symbol "boat" to continue the country's ongoing development trend.
Dinajpur LGED Executive Engineer FM Khairul Islam, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman Md. Imdad Sarkar, former President of Dinajpur Chamber Sujaur Rob Chowdhury, Dinajpur Municipality Executive Engineer Minarul Islam, Pouro Awami League President Advocate Shamim Alam Sarkar Babu, General Secretary Enam Ullah Jami, Sadar Upazila Awami League General Secretary Md Mominul Islam, local Awami League, Jubo League, Chhatra League, Swechasebak League and Councilors of Dinajpur Municipality were present, among others.
