Govt actions reminder of Pakistani forces in '71
Friday, 6 July 2007
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, who was barred from leaving the country to see her expectant daughter in the USA, has said the actions reminded her of "the gesture of the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971," reports UNB.
In a signed article "I Am Mother", she regretted to her daughter Saima Wazed Putul her inability to attend to her at this crucial time.
"Ma Putul, your mother could not reach you…Ma, forgive me for your mother's inability to see you," Hasina wrote.
In the emotion-charged article, she questioned: "Which country we are living in? I want to know what my fault is. Being a mother why I would not be able to stand beside my daughter at this hour. Are we still living in 1971?"
Recalling similar bitter experiences during the liberation war in 1971, when Hasina was expecting her first baby in hospital bed, her mother, who was interned in a house at Dhanmondi, was not allowed by the then military junta to see her.
In a signed article "I Am Mother", she regretted to her daughter Saima Wazed Putul her inability to attend to her at this crucial time.
"Ma Putul, your mother could not reach you…Ma, forgive me for your mother's inability to see you," Hasina wrote.
In the emotion-charged article, she questioned: "Which country we are living in? I want to know what my fault is. Being a mother why I would not be able to stand beside my daughter at this hour. Are we still living in 1971?"
Recalling similar bitter experiences during the liberation war in 1971, when Hasina was expecting her first baby in hospital bed, her mother, who was interned in a house at Dhanmondi, was not allowed by the then military junta to see her.