Alliance will benefit if I am killed, says Hasina,
UNB, Dhaka
Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, who survived the August 21 grenade attack, has said the assassins wanted to kill her and destroy the nation's independence and sovereignty.The remarks came when a delegation of Democratic Teachers Forum of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) called on Hasina, also the president of Awami League (AL) at her Dhanmondi residence yesterday. "Khaleda-Nizami alliance will be the beneficiary if I'm killed... previously (late president) Ziaur Rahman was the beneficiary of the killing of Bangabandhu," she said. Referring to the bomb blasts during her rule, the former prime minister said the Awami League government had investigated all the bomb blast incidents and filed charge-sheets against the accused. But the BNP-Jamaat alliance released those accused from jails after assuming power, she alleged. The AL chief urged the teacher community to cooperate with her party in "advancing its one-point oust-government movement." The delegation, led by Prof Tahsinul Islam, called for forging national unity to uphold the spirit of the War of Independence.
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