DHAKA: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has mentioned that she was provided a hassle-free re-election within the Jan 7 polls if she allowed a international nation to construct an air base contained in the nation. Hasina, 76, secured a fifth total time period within the one-sided in Jan, which was boycotted by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion led by former PM Khalida Zia.
“If I allowed a sure nation to construct an air base in Bangladesh, then I might have had no downside,” Every day Star Bangladesh quoted Hasina as saying on Sunday.She, nonetheless, didn’t title the nation that had made the supply to her however emphasised that the “supply got here from a White man”.
“It could seem that it’s geared toward just one nation, however it isn’t. I do know the place else they intend to go,” she mentioned, including that that is why her Awami League party-led govt is at all times in hassle. “There can be extra hassle. However don’t fret about it,” she mentioned.
When requested about her response to the supply, the PM mentioned she made the identical reply as she did in 2001 when the US provided to promote the nation’s fuel to India. “I’ve clearly mentioned that I am the daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. . . we received our Liberation Conflict, I do not wish to come to energy by renting a part of the nation or handing it over to another nation and I do not want energy,” she mentioned. The premier mentioned she would solely keep in workplace if the folks needed.
Hasina mentioned she was combating a battle in all places, each at house and overseas, and the “conspiracies are nonetheless on” to carve a brand new nation out of Bangladesh. “Like East Timor…they may carve out a Christian nation, taking elements of Bangladesh (Chattogram) and Myanmar with a base within the Bay of Bengal,” Hasina mentioned with out giving particulars. She mentioned conspiracies have been being hatched to topple her govt and that she might need to face the identical penalties her father…, Every day Star reported. Rahman was assassinated 1975.
“If I allowed a sure nation to construct an air base in Bangladesh, then I might have had no downside,” Every day Star Bangladesh quoted Hasina as saying on Sunday.She, nonetheless, didn’t title the nation that had made the supply to her however emphasised that the “supply got here from a White man”.
“It could seem that it’s geared toward just one nation, however it isn’t. I do know the place else they intend to go,” she mentioned, including that that is why her Awami League party-led govt is at all times in hassle. “There can be extra hassle. However don’t fret about it,” she mentioned.
When requested about her response to the supply, the PM mentioned she made the identical reply as she did in 2001 when the US provided to promote the nation’s fuel to India. “I’ve clearly mentioned that I am the daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. . . we received our Liberation Conflict, I do not wish to come to energy by renting a part of the nation or handing it over to another nation and I do not want energy,” she mentioned. The premier mentioned she would solely keep in workplace if the folks needed.
Hasina mentioned she was combating a battle in all places, each at house and overseas, and the “conspiracies are nonetheless on” to carve a brand new nation out of Bangladesh. “Like East Timor…they may carve out a Christian nation, taking elements of Bangladesh (Chattogram) and Myanmar with a base within the Bay of Bengal,” Hasina mentioned with out giving particulars. She mentioned conspiracies have been being hatched to topple her govt and that she might need to face the identical penalties her father…, Every day Star reported. Rahman was assassinated 1975.
