"Soon after it had come to power, this government started repression on AL supporters. To hang on to power, it has been trying to strangle the opposition's voice by killing our leaders and workers," the leader of the opposition said while addressing two rallies at Bakergonj in Barisal and on a playground in Patuakhali.

AL leaders complained ruling party cadres obstructed them at various points on their way to Patuakhali from Barisal. But, local BNP leaders denied the allegation.

Hasina said the alliance government has no moral ground to remain in power, as the suffering of the common people from price hike of essentials has reached its peak.

"Prices of almost all essentials have doubled over the last two and a half years," said the chief of the major opposition party, accusing the government of taking no steps to bring the prices down.

She blasted the government, particularly the prime minister and her son, for corruption and misappropriation of public funds, "The prime minister's son has siphoned off 11,000 crore taka to set up industries in Malayasia and Australia." The former prime minister also accused leaders and workers of the ruling party of grabbing public lands.

Hasina came down heavily on the government for stopping 'all development activities' initiated by her government and for politicising the administration.

On the ongoing one-point oust-government programme of AL, she said, "We placed 15-point set of demands to the government, to which it didn't pay any heed. So, we'd to go for this [one-point movement]."

The opposition leader also deplored the press freedom situation, saying, "Seven journalists have been killed and 700 journalists repressed after this government came to power."

AL presidium members Tofail Ahmed and Amir Hossain Amu, Mirza Azam MP, AKM Jahangir MP, Obaidul Kader, Mahmudur Rahman Manna and Jahangir Kabir Nanak also spoke at the meetings.