Democracy was chained through Hasina's arrest in 2007, says Hasan
Monday, 17 July 2023
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said democracy was chained through the arrest of Awami League president and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on July 16 in 2007 by the then caretaker government, reports BSS.
"In fact, democracy was confined through the arrest of Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on this day in 2007. But they didn't realise that imprisoned Sheikh Hasina is more powerful in many cases than a free Sheikh Hasina," he said while exchanging views with reporters marking the imprisonment day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the meeting room of the ministry at Secretariat.
The minister said thousands of people had protested after the arrest of AL President Sheikh Hasina. For this, they (the then caretaker government) were forced to release her after 11 months, he added.