"Our reform proposals are quite clear, but the prime minister's remark was not clear. Please don't try to deceive people," she said and warned of an 'oust-government movement' if the prime minister ignored the reform proposals.

Hasina, also the president of Awami League (AL), was addressing a grand rally at the local Outer Stadium organised by the AL-led 14-party combine as part of their anti-government movement.

The opposition leader alleged that the BNP-Jamaat alliance government was conspiring to rig the upcoming national elections. "The government has appointed the chief election commissioner (CEC), two election commissioners and election officers at the district and upazila level aiming to rig the polls," she said.

Hasina said voter list is the first step towards election engineering. "That's why the chief election commissioner continues to prepare a fresh voter list ignoring the High Court verdict."

She announced that the 14-party opposition combine will lay siege to the chief election commissioner's office and district and upazila election offices on March 12 to press home the demand for a fair voter list.

She said: "We've placed the reform proposals to establish people's right, as we don't want to come to power through backdoor or conspiracy... BNP believes in such a course and is now conspiring to return to power."

"No proper investigation was held in the Chittagong arms haul case," Hasina said, accusing some ministers of arms smuggling in the country

Criticising the prime minister's remarks against hartal, Hasina said the prime minister now talks against hartal, but during the Awami League rule (1996-2001) they called hartal for 302 days. "You attended the parliament only for 28 days and everyday you gave ultimatum for ousting us," she said indicating the prime minister.

Referring to the devastating fire in a garment factory at Kalurghat, she said: 'It was not an incident, it was massive killings... when Khaleda Zia comes to power, the country experiences various disasters."

Accusing the prime minister of patronising and harbouring the bombers, the AL president said: "She (PM) stops investigations where Shibir cadres are linked... Shibir cadres killed Rajshahi University professor Taher and because of that your administration cannot catch the culprits."

Hasina assured the people of Chittagong that if Awami League returns to power it will fulfil their demands for expansion of railway tracks from Chittagong to Cox's Bazar, construction of hanging bridge over the Karnaphuli, and establishment of seaport in deep sea, tourist spot in the three hill districts and a IT village in Chittagong.

The grand rally was addressed, among others, by AL leaders Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Abdur Razzak MP, Tofail Ahmed, Suranjit Sengupta MP, Motia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim MP, Abdul Jalil MP, Obaidul Kader, CCC Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Syed Ashraful Islam MP, Prof Ali Ashraf, Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, Engr Mosharraf Hossain and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah.

Others who also spoke at the rally included Dr Kamal Hossain, Rashed Khan Menon, Bimal Biswas, Hasanul Huq Inu, Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, Nurul Islam, Dilip Barua, Asit Barun Roy, Adv Enamul Huq, Supreme Court Bar Council Vice-Chairman Barrister Rokanuddin Mahamud and Chittagonj District Bar Council General Secretary Ratan Kumar Roy.