Making the call at a big public meeting at Lowhajang Eidgah ground, Khaleda, chairperson of the ruling BNP, hoped that the people would cast vote at the next polls on the sheaf of paddy-her party's election symbol-for the continuity of ongoing wave of development.

She urged the people to be alert about a certain political party which is "conspiring and unleashing chaos" as the party doesn't like country's development and public welfare.

"Our opposition party is creating chaos to destabilise the atmosphere, as they have no issue for movement. They create issue by killing their men themselves and enforce hartals," she told her audience.

"Hartal, killing and repression constitute their history," the prime minister told the gathering against the backdrop of a couple of hartals enforced a few days back.

The PM said foreign investors from many countries, including the USA, EU, China, Saudi Arabia, UAE and India, are now coming to invest in Bangladesh as an investment-friendly environment is prevailing in the country.

Listing her government's various successful steps and programmes, particularly in education, poverty alleviation and women empowerment, she said foreigners are saying that the way Bangladesh, being a poor country, is advancing could be a model for other countries to follow.

"They are also saying that a silent revolution is going on in Bangladesh with BNP in power," she added, expressing the hope that Bangladesh will emerge as a self-sufficient country if the silent revolution continues.

Khaleda said people did not vote for Awami League in the 2001 general election as they, while in power for five years, did not do anything but terrorism, corruption and repression. And so they have become isolated from the people.

Referring to Awami League chief's public statement while in power that they won't enforce hartal, Khaleda said those who don't keep their word cannot be believed.