During her visit to UK to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the BBC an exclusive interview in which she revealed that she had personally fought for the establishment of a democratic process and free and fair elections in Bangladesh, and that only Awami League regime had managed to do so.
The prime minister stated in the interview that was broadcast on Sunday that a lot of individuals can report disappearances, but you have to evaluate how accurate they are.
"In 1975, my father (Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) was assassinated. He was the then president of the country and you know that my entire family, my mother, my three brothers, two sisters in -laws, other family members, and a total of 18 members were brutally murdered" she said.
Since then for 21 years, she said the country had witnessed coups time and again, adding that there were attempts of coups for around 20 times and every time there was bloodshed. "There was no democracy, no democratic rights, so I struggled to establish democracy in my country," she said, reports BSS.
