Dhaka: Asserting that she is ready for any sacrifice to establish Bangabandhu’s ideals, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she cares little about any conspiracy to derail her from establishing a poverty- and hunger-free ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by the Father of the Nation.

‘The dream of my father was to bring smile to the faces of common people through establishing a poverty- and hunger-free Sonar Bangla.  I’m working on that dream, and I don’t care about any conspiracy against that,’ UNB reported on Sunday quoting Sheikh Hasina as saying.

The Prime Minister was speaking at a memorial meeting organised by Bangladesh Awami League marking the National Mourning Day at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).

Recalling that the Almighty Allah repeatedly saved her several times from death, Sheikh Hasina said, ‘It seems the Almighty is giving me the scope to finish the unfinished works of Bangabandhu to establish Sonar Bangla.’

The Awami League chief said by giving his blood Bangabandhu showed the path of freedom. ‘So, we’ll have to establish that ideal at the cost of any sacrifice, I’m ready for that sacrifice.’

Noting that there had been so many games played with the fate of the people of this country, Hasina said the fate of the Bengalee nation has to be changed and the dream of the Father of the Nation fulfilled.

After losing her parents, brothers and other nearest relatives, the Prime Minister said, she has nothing to gain personally. ‘Now my only desire is to change the fate of the nation for which my parents and brothers laid down their lives.’

She mentioned that the entire nation got disgraced before the world with the August 15 massacre. ‘I want to restore the dignity of the nation and bring smile to the faces of common people as dreamt by the Father of the Nation.’

Hasina said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dreamt of ensuring food, cloths, home, healthcare and education for all through building a poverty- and hunger-free nation. ‘To fulfill that dream is my only aim and I‘m working to that end.’

‘Bangladesh is marching ahead…we’re now in the lower middle-income country group and will be in the developed country group before long,’ she hoped.

Talking about Ziaur Rahman’s link to the August 15 killing, the Prime Minister said he had given shelter to the killers, destroyed the spirit of the independence, rehabilitated the war criminals and destroyed the ideals on which the country was built.

‘We tried the killers (of August 15, 1975), started executing the verdicts against the war criminals, and Bangladesh is now free from stigma,’ she said.

Paying her tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, she said the great leader had led the Bengali nation in making a homeland of their own. To make this happen, Bangabandhu had to fight for long 24 years and suffer in jail making his life endangered, she added.

With the 15^th August killings, she said, the nation not only lost its Father but also got the spirit of the war and history of liberation twisted and constitution of the country distorted.

The Prime Minister said the killing of Bangabandhu was not aimed at perishing a person only it was part of a long drawn conspiracy.

Sheikh Hasina in an emotional voice said how unfortunate it is that Bangabandhu was killed by the people of his own country for whom the great leader dedicated his whole life for their political and economic emancipation.

Recalling the memories of August 1975, Sheikh Hasina, eldest daughter of Bangabandhu, said, she along with her sister left Bangladesh only 15 days ago.

After the brutal killing, she said, the rulers and later Ziaur Rahman did not allow them to return home for long six years. Even she had to offer Fateha standing on the road outside the Dhanmondi-32 building which was locked.

Awami League leaders Sayeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Suranjit Sengupta, Matia Chowdhury, Mohammad Nasim and general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain also took part in the discussion.