Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the venue to lend their support for Awami League as the party chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina kicked off the election campaign today amid a wave of festivity across sylhet.
Amidst cheers and applause from the sea of crowds, the AL president took the stage with his sister Sheikh Rehana and waved the national flag of Bangladesh while party activists shouted Joy Bangla at Sylhet Government Alia Madrasa this afternoon.
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Earlier today, Sheikh Hasina talked to the reporters following her visit to Hazrat Shahjalal’s shrine in Sylhet where she asserted the constitutional right of citizens to vote, and declared that no one should obstruct or harm others for exercising their voting rights.