PM slams critics of FY 23-24 budget, says AL will be able to implement it

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government will be able to implement the Tk 7,61,785-crore national budget for 2023-24 fiscal year.

"We're firmly committed to implementing this budget and we'll be able to do it. Awami League will be able to do it," she said

The premier said this while addressing the commissioning ceremony of new intercity train "Chilahati Express" on the Dhaka-Chilahati-Dhaka route. She joined the event at Chilahati Railway Station in Nilphamari through a virtual platform from the Gono Bhaban.

She flagged off the "Chilahati Express" which will run on the route six days a week. The capacity of the intercity train is 800 passengers.

Hasina said the size of the budget was only Tk 61,000 crore in 2006 during the BNP regime. But her government unveiled a Tk 7,61,785-crore budget on June 1.

Lambasting the critics of the budget, she said they always criticise whatever the government does, sitting in air-conditioned rooms and talk shows of the private television channels.

They spread some words to disappoint the people and talk against Bangladesh in front of the foreigners, she said.

Pointing to those who say every time, after the placement of a budget, that it's not possible to implement, the PM said, "But we do it and show it's done."