ANGSAD BHABAN, June 8, 2014 (BSS) - Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury today said despite political unrest and destructive activities of BNP-Jamaat clique Bangladesh has been witnessed a GDP growth of 6.01 percent in the current 2013-14 fiscal.
'The growth could have been exceeded even seven percent if such a
situation was not created by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami during the
period," she said while talking part in a general discussion on the
supplementary budget for 2013-14 in the House.
In this connection, she said the 2013-14 fiscal year was unstable as
the BNP-Jamaat elements created an anarchic situation across the
country by calling 45 days hartal in six months.
State Minister for Finance M A Mannan, independent lawmaker Dr
Rustom Ali Farazi and Nurjahan Begum and Jatiya Party member
Fazlur Rahman also took part in the discussion.
Earlier, the day's sitting began at 4.10 pm with Speaker Dr Shirin
Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Begum Matia Chowdhury said the then opposition BNP has carried
out destructive activities throughout the country by refraining from
contesting the last general election in line with the constitutional
obligation and ignoring court verdict.
"Despite all odds, Bangladesh has been able to achieve tremendous
successes in various important sectors due to firm and pragmatic
leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina," she added.
Highlighting the successes, the minister said keeping inflation rate
stable, increasing foreign currency reserve, achieving sufficiency in
food production, removing "Monga", maintaining law and order,
scaling down poverty and maternal and child mortality rates to a
significant level, ensuring smooth supply of fertilizers and other
agricultural inputs, implementing various mega projects especially
starting construction work on the Padma bridge and fixing minimum
wages for the garment workers proved the efficiency of the Awami
League government.
She said the past four party alliance government of BNP and
Jamaat-e-Islami could not think about the progress.