Staff Reporter:
BNP senior leader Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Saturday demanded the repatriation of ousted autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina from India to put her on trial for orchestrating the massacre aimed at suppressing the student-led mass uprising.
Speaking at a discussion, he also urged India to return Hasina to Bangladesh to maintain friendly ties with its close neighbour.
“Sheikh Hasina is the biggest murderer in history. She did not refrain from engaging in any form of injustice or misdeeds. Many mothers have lost their children because of her actions. I demand that she be brought back to Bangladesh and brought to justice,” the BNP leader said.
Hafiz, who was promoted from vice chairman to standing committee member of the BNP on Friday, stated that if their party returns to power, warned that Hasina’s fate would be like Mussolini of Italy.
“We urge India to send her (Hasina) to Bangladesh if you wish to maintain friendly relations. A murder case has already been filed against her, and many more will follow,” Hafiz said.
The Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal organized the program at the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the trial of Sheikh Hasina for ordering the police force to carry out the massacre of students and for banning the Awami League as a terrorist organization.
Hafiz demanded that the government change the name of the Barishal Cantonment, which was named after the ‘despotic Sheikh Hasina’.
He paid tribute to the martyrs of the student-led mass movement and expressed gratitude to the students for their bravery and sacrifices in freeing the country from autocracy.
The BNP leader alleged that the blood-thirsty Awami League government has made Bangladesh subservient to neighbouring India.
He said the role of the police force over the past sixteen years has demonstrated that it was the worst one in the world.
“Many police members are still on the run, and 13 police members were killed in one incident. Neither we nor the students support such actions. They (police) faced the wrath of the local people. Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League are responsible for their deaths,” Hafiz observed.
He said the killers and bad elements within the police force either fled or were killed.
“We need the police force to establish the rule of law. Therefore, we want to transform it into a people-oriented force, involving those who are currently part of it. You should also support this transformation,” Hafiz said.
