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Awami League joint general secretary and foreign minister Hashan Mahmud on Thursday (16 May) said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reorganised the Awami League, as well as taking the country forward with extraordinary development.
"Sheikh Hasina's alternative is Sheikh Hasina. There is no alternative to Sheikh Hasina to take the country forward," he said referring to May 17, 1981, when she as the people's leader ignored all the obstacles and returned to the country.
Hasan was speaking as the chief guest at a programme marking Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina's homecoming day that falls on May 17.
He said there were 19 times efforts to kill her but she remained firm in her position even after repeatedly returning from the valley of death.
She faced death threats repeatedly but never deviated from her struggle for people's rights, Hasan said.
Recalling the history, Hasan, who was injured in the grenade attack on August 21, said an attempt was made to kill Sheikh Hasina on January 24, 1988 by hunting people like birds in Chattogram.
"I was at the front of that procession that day. An attempt was made to assassinate her by burying an 81 kg bomb in Kotalipara and hurling grenades like rain on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on 21 August 2004. But after coming back from the door of death, the leader and daughter of Bangabandhu never compromised with her position. “
Hasan said after the visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, the leaders of BNP have gone mad.
"They tried a lot to meet Donald Lu. But the US has signaled that it wants to deepen the relationship and take it forward. Because of this, BNP has lost its control now.”
He said they used to see one or two leaders talking nonsense after losing their confidence but now the senior leaders are also losing their confidence.
"Their anti-state conspiracy has not gained any benefit," Hasan said.
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