Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 1) said AL and Sheikh Hasina will never flee as her party's only motto is to improve the lives and livelihoods of the countrymen.

Responding to BNP's remark that "AL will not get escape route", she said: "Sheikh Hasina or AL never run away, didn't flee." 

The premier made the remark while inaugurating a blood donation campaign, discussion, and doa mahfil in the city's Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium.

Bangladesh Krishak League organised the programmes marking the first day of the "month of mourning".  
 
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members was brutally killed on August 15, 1975.

Referring to BNP, she said, "Our opposition party, although they are not in the Parliament, says that we will not get any escape route and gives threat."

Sheikh Hasina, also the President of ruling AL, said she would like to remind the person, who delivered this speech, that "Sheikh Hasina or AL never run away, didn't flee".

Highlighting her return to the country during the 1/11 government, she said that Tareque Zia, son of Khaleda Zia, fled the country in 2007 giving a bond that he won't do politics anymore.

Now they, whose party's leader is a convict, are making big remarks, she said.

"You (BNP leaders) already remained fugitive. How come they can make such big remarks under the supervision of a convicted fugitive," she added.

The prime minister said she returned home despite threats and strong obstructions from the then caretaker government.

BDST: 1656 HRS, AUG 01, 2023
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