| "I gots millions o' enemies, an' you is eight or nine of 'em!" |
Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has warned foreigners not to poke their noses into her country's domestic affairs as she believes that there is a well orchestrated conspiracy to unseat her four-party allied government. 'Stop interfering in the internal affairs of our country,' Khaleda said in her valedictory remark on a thanksgiving motion on the president's speech in Bangladesh parliament on Tuesday night.She categorically said no one would be allowed to do anything subversive of social discipline and law in the guise of religion, politics, movement or any particular ideology.
Bangladesh main opposition party Awami League, which stayed out of the parliamentary proceedings, castigated the prime minister's remarks saying that the speeches against the foreigners in parliament are not decent.
"'If she fells that someone threaten or dictate her in running state affairs, she could solve it through diplomatic channels," Abdul Hamid, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, told a press conference claiming that the prime minister's remark that the opposition parties were hatching conspiracy against her government was untrue.
Khaleda also dismissed the opposition claims that Islamist militants have been rising rapidly under the auspicious of the four-party alliance, which include two Islamic parties, despite the government banned two other Islamists outfits only in the late last month.
"The question is not of extremism or fundamentalism, the government will take necessary measures against whosoever responsible for unleashing violence and disturbing social peace and stability," Khaleda said, explaining the government's position regarding recent bomb explosions and anarchic activities.
On the allegations of the presence of fundamentalists, militants and al-Qaeda in Bangladesh, she said, "These are nothing but conspiracies against the four-party alliance."
"No one can govern a nation, which gained independence through war, by dictation and frowning,' she said. 'As a sovereign nation, we have a sovereign parliament, laws, and judicial system," she added.
Khaleda was critical on the role of media and opposition, which she says portray a negative image of the country in the international arena.