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Awami League believes in politics of development

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Published: 07:05, 11 June 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
 Awami League believes in politics of development

Desk Report:  Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Awami League believes in the politics of development.

The Prime Minister said this while exchanging views with the party men marking the 9th anniversary of her release from prison on Sunday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed hope that the people of Bangladesh will re-elect Awami League in the next general election to maintain the continuity of development.

She said: “In the next election, I believe the people who are now getting the benefits of development will surely vote for boat and re-elect Awami League to maintain the continuity of development and thus turn Bangladesh into a mid-income country by 2021 and a prosperous one by 2041.”

 

On this day in 2008, Sheikh Hasina was released from the special sub-jail set up on the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) Building after remaining captive there for nearly 11 months.

The Awami League President was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi on July 16 in 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government, which assumed power in the political changeover of 1/11 in 2007.

As Sheikh Hasina fell sick during her captivity, demands were raised then from different quarters including the Awami League and its associate bodies to send her abroad for better medical treatment after releasing her from jail.

Conceding to the people's spontaneous and repeated demands and pressure from different quarters, the caretaker government was compelled to release Sheikh Hasina from jail.



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