Democracy reestablished with Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud Friday said democracy was reestablished in the country after the homecoming of Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in 2007.

He said this while exchanging views with journalists at the Awami League President’s political office in Dhanmondi this afternoon.

Hasan, also the Awami League joint general secretary, said the leader of commoners, Sheikh Hasina, returned home from the United Kingdom via the United States in 2007, ignoring the restrictions of the then government.

“You know, the army-backed government imposed restriction on the homecoming of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after receiving treatment abroad. Not only that, it sent letters to all the airlines to this end and filed false cases against her,” he said.

The information minister said Sheikh Hasina then uttered that she wanted to face those cases at court and the restriction on her home return was never acceptable.

Despite sensing threats to her life, he said, the daughter of Bangabandhu took risk and returned home.

“And with her return, democracy was reestablished in the country through struggle,” Hasan added.

Then, he said, the AL-led alliance achieved a landslide victory in the December 29 elections in 2008 that led the country towards the path of democracy and development.

“That’s why the homecoming of Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina means the return of the democracy in the country,” Hasan said.