What do they expect from us: PM

Referring to the demand of BNP leaders to allow Khaleda Zia's treatment abroad, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said they have shown great generosity to Khaleda Zia by allowing her to stay at home and receive treatment in a hospital freely, though Khaleda’s intention was always to hurt the Bangabandhu family.

“What do they expect from us? We allowed her to stay home and she’s being taken to hospital for treatment freely. Isn’t it enough? Isn’t it a great generosity? ” Hasina said.

The Prime Minister was addressing a discussion virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.

Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League, arranged the discussion at the city’s Krishibid Institute Bangladesh on the occasion of its 49th founding anniversary.

The Prime Minister said she allowed Khaleda Zia to stay home and receive treatment after postponing her sentence on an executive order on humanitarian grounds. “Now she (Khaleda) is receiving treatment in the country’s most expensive hospital,” she said.

Referring to Khaleda’s birthday, Hasina questioned, “What does it mean by the birthday celebration cutting cake on August 15? It’s just to hurt us who lost parents, brothers and children; isn’t it? Khaleda Zia celebrates August 15 as her birthday. If so, how can they expect more from me?” she said, adding that several birthday dates of Khaleda Zia have been mentioned as her birthdays in different documents.

Former chairman of Jubo League Jahangir Kabir Nanak and its former general secretary Mirza Azam MP also spoke at the discussion meeting presided over by Jubo League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash.

Jubo League general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil conducted the discussion. On November 11, 1972, Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni (father of Parash) founded the Jubo League following the directive of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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