PM moved to tears again
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina turned emotional and couldn't hold back tears while talking about gruesome assassination of Bangabandhu and the family members.
Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League (AL) president, was addressing a discussion as the chief guest at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre here Friday (August 30) afternoon.
Dhaka city north and Dhaka city south units Awami League jointly organized the discussion on the occasion of the National Mourning Day.
She said those who were involved in killing of Bangabandhu and those who were engaged in the plot had joined hands with Ziaur Rahman and Khandakar Moshtaque. “Many of them remain alive and they still talk tall,” she said.
The prime minister said the party which handed over the blood-stained national flag to the killers is nothing but a party of murderers.
“They were born through killing and their character is not changed even to some extent,” she said.
AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader was present at the discussion as the special guest, while Dhaka City North AL President AKM Rahmatullah, MP, presided over it.
Dhaka City South AL President Alhaz Abul Hasnat, Dhaka North City AL General Secretary Alhaz Sadek Khan, City South AL General Secretary Sahe Alam Murad, Dhaka City North AL Vice-President Jahanara Begum, Dhaka Souty City AL Vice-President Abu Ahmed Mannafi, Dhaka City North Joint Secretary SM Mannan Kachi and Dhaka South AL Joint Secretary Kamal Chowdhury also spoke at the discussion, among others.
Sheikh Hasina said British MP Sir Thomas William wanted to visit Bangladesh to probe the Bangabandhu killing.
“But Ziaur Rahman didn’t allow him to visit Bangladesh … If Ziaur Rahman was not the killer and the BNP was not a party of murderers, why they didn’t issue visa to the British lawmaker?,” she questioned.
Sheikh Hasina said General Ershad also rewarded and patronized the killers of Bangabandhu in various ways.
She said those who grabbed power after 1975 patronized the killers and stalled the country’s development. “As a result, the lot of the people was not changed for 29 years. But it changed when the Awami League founded by Bangabandhu came to power,” she said.
Describing August 15 of 1975 as the most stigmatized day for the nation, the prime minister said the people of the country had lost their potentiality to remain alive, continue development and dignify their life through the August 15 carnage.
