New Delhi: As Bangladesh heads to the polls right this moment, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina prolonged her finest needs to India, expressing gratitude for the sturdy friendship between the 2 nations. She additionally emphasised India’s essential assist throughout the Liberation Warfare in 1971.
In her message to India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mentioned, ”We’re very fortunate…India is our trusted pal. Throughout our Liberation Warfare, they supported us…After 1975, after we misplaced our complete household…they sheltered us. So our greatest needs to the individuals of India.”
PM Hasina mirrored on the tragic occasions of her household’s bloodbath in 1975, throughout which her complete household was killed. She lived in exile in India for a number of years earlier than ultimately returning to Bangladesh and assuming management of the Awami League.
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After casting her vote for the overall elections, Hasina underscored the importance of democracy within the nation’s growth on Sunday. She acknowledged that her authorities, over the previous years, has labored to determine and uphold the democratic rights of the individuals.
“Our nation is sovereign and impartial…Now we have an enormous inhabitants. Now we have established individuals’s democratic rights…I wish to guarantee that democracy ought to proceed on this nation and with out democracy, you possibly can’t make any growth. As we’re a long-term democratic system from 2009 to 2023, that’s the reason Bangladesh made this a lot of an achievement,” she mentioned.
She additionally accused the Bangladesh opposition celebration, the Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) of inciting violence within the nation and mentioned that they’re towards the event of the individuals.
Almost 170 million individuals in Bangladesh will vote to elect 299 lawmakers throughout the 12th nationwide election amid a boycott by the principle opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration, demanding Hasina’s resignation.
