They (opposition) have taken the stand when the country is going well on all fronts, she observed, castigating her political rivals for taking recourse to hartal.

"The party is enforcing hartal without any reason or issue only to create unrest and halt development as well as foreign investment in the country," she told a big public meeting at the planned upazila parishad complex ground.

"Caretaker government is acceptable to the people. Three elections have taken place under the caretaker system and people have cast their votes," she said.

She reminded that her party had participated in the election under the Election Commission and caretaker government. And BNP and alliance formed the government after holding of a fair election.

The next elections will be free and fair and people will cast their votes for BNP as the party believes in the politics of development, production and people's welfare, the prime minister said.

Today it is clear to the people that the BNP believes in the politics of development, production and people's welfare while "another party indulges in politics of chaos, destruction, terrorism, arson and anarchy".

Khaleda, also chairperson of the ruling BNP, expressed the optimism that the next election will be held in 2007 and people will again bring the BNP and alliance to power.