On 17th May, 1981, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home after years of exile. Boarding on an aircraft of the Indian Airlines, Sheikh Hasina reached the then Kurmitola Airport in capital Dhaka from the Indian capital of New Delhi via Kolkata at 4.30pm. On her return at the airport at that time she said she returned to the country not to become a leader of the Awami League, rather to participate in the struggle for freedom by staying beside the people. Sheikh Hasina also said she wants to stay beside her party men and people as their sister, as their daughter, and as a worker of Awami League, who believes in the ideals of Bangabandhu.
The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was brutally killed along with most of his family members on August 15 in 1975 and his two daughters -- Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana --- luckily escaped the carnage as they stayed abroad. In a national council session of the Awami League on February 14, 15 and 16 in 1981, Sheikh Hasina was elected as party president in her absence and then she returned to the country on May 17.
There is no alternative but to
strengthen the hands of Sheikh
Hasina in order to keep up the
present development spree
across the country
With the return of Sheikh Hasina to the country, the spirit of Liberation War, the values of independence and democracy also started returning to the country. Her home return is a milestone in the country’s history of democracy.
As soon as Sheikh Hasina returned home, she started working hard and waged tough movement to restore the country’s democracy. Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina took the helm of Awami League after returning to the country in 1981. She has now become a world leader crossing the country's boundary.
She was born in the necessity of history. Bangabandhu's daughter reached today's position through long struggle. To turn the country into a happy and prosperous ‘Sonar Bangla’, Sheikh Hasina has taken far-sighted programmes like ‘Vision 2041’ and ‘Delta Plan-2100’ in line with the successful implementation of ‘Vision 2021’.
Braving all odds, life threat and plots hatched at home and abroad and amid uneven path, Sheikh Hasina is now working hard to reach the expected destination of the country. People believe the country’s independence, sovereignty and democracy are safe as these are is in the hands of Bangabandhu’s daughter. There is no alternative but to strengthen the hands of Sheikh Hasina in order to keep up the present development spree across the country.
