Stay on track, BCL’s tiny mistakes become big news: PM asks BCL men

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men to build themselves as perfect leaders by moving forward with sacrificing mind leaving personal interest and greed.

"If you (Chhatra League leaders and activists) move ahead with sacrificing mind discarding personal interest and lust, you could establish yourselves as perfect leaders," she said at a discussion as the chief guest.

BCL central executive committee organized the discussion in the city's Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), marking the National Mourning Day and 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS.

Sheikh Hasina, also the ruling Awami League (AL) President, said, "If you want to make money and wealth unnecessarily, then you can't attain leadership quality, can't serve the country and can't give anything to the people".

She said BCL leaders and activists will have to build themselves as true patriots in their future journey being imbued with the spirit of the Liberation War and the belief of non-communalism. "Then, you can go to the right direction," she added.

Mentioning that money and wealth don't do anything in the time of necessity, the premier said Covid-19 pandemic has shown us it as many wealthy people became helpless at that time. "We have to keep it in mind. It's the reality. It's true," she said.

The AL president asked the BCL leaders and activists to read the Unfinished Memories, Karagarer Rojnamcha (Diary in Jail), Amar Dekha Naya Chin of Bangabandhu and the Secret Documents of Pakistani intelligence to know many things.

"If you read the secret document, you will learn many things and can gain knowledge to do politics," she said.

The prime minister said the BCL is an organization which Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman himself established and she knew that many things on BCL were published in the media.

"BCL is a big organization and we have been in power for a long time and that is why, many bad people intrude into the party. They cause trouble on their own but responsibility falls on the BCL," she noted.

She directed the BCL leaders not to include bad elements in the party to enlarge their own group. "It harms your reputation, party's reputation, country's reputation as some people are always against us," she added.

Mentioning that Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, have done lot of misdeeds but media doesn't see it, she said, "If BCL does tiny mistake, they (media) publish big news. So, you have to stay on the right track."

Laying emphasis on education, Sheikh Hasina said BCL leaders and activists will have to do study to learn as fourth industrial revolution (4IR) nears.