No return to politics of vengeance: Ashraful

Staff Correspondent

Newly-elected General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League has thanked party's grassroots level leaders and activists for their courageous role to free party President Sheikh Hasina from jail and to restore the democracy in the country.
"Had there been no such role of the grass-roots level leaders and activists of the party during the tough time, democracy wouldn't have restored and it would have been impossible to secure Sheikh Hasina's release from the jail," Syed Ashraful, also the AL Spokesman, said this while exchanging views with the leaders and activists of different associate bodies and partymen at his Hair Road official residence on Saturday noon. Asfraful Islam, also the LGRD and Cooperative Minister, reiterated the pledge of his government to implement all plans and programmes based on the charter of changed the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's and urged all concerned to play an effective role to build hunger-free 'digital Bangladesh'.
The AL General Secretary was very vocal against corruption and anti-people activities and said, "No change is possible at all amid corruption." "We didn't want to go back where there were the politics of vengeance or retaliation and destructive acts. We don't want to establish a specialized Bhaban in order to give the corruption in an administrative and constitutional shape. Rather we are firm to change the lot of Bangladesh as people voted the AL to power," he added.
Terming the grassroots level partymen as the steersmen for the possible change in the upcoming days, the AL Spokesperson thanked the countrymen and the greeted the party leaders and activists of all levels. Replying to a query of newsmen, Ashraful Islam said, "The full-fledge committee of the central Awami League will be announced within a day or two after the consultation with the AL Chief and Leader of the Parliament Sheikh Hasina."