Khaleda murderer, sick: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has dubbed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia a "murderer" and a "sick mind".
Speaking at an Awami League rally at Suhrawardy Udyan Saturday, Hasina brought up BNP's movement during the last national polls and Khaleda's Aug 15 birthday celebrations, according to a news agency.
"She killed hundreds of people in the name of preventing election. Her thirst for blood can never be quenched, just like her masters, the Pakistani occupation army who massacred this country," the Awami League president said.
"After 2001 when the BNP chairperson and her son came to power, killing people became their only task."
Criticising Khaleda's celebration of her birthday on Aug 15, the National Mourning Day, she said, "Only someone with a twisted and sick mind could celebrate birthday on Aug 15."
"When Pakistani army officer Janjua (Major General Iftikhar Khan Janjua) died, she sent a condolence message. Imagine how close they were. Think about it a little bit," she said claiming the BNP had close relations with the defeated forces of 1971 Liberation War.
Hasina said her government continued to be criticised since it had given people the right to talk.
"But one thing you must remember is that the defeated powers will never rise again in Bangladesh. The people will not let that happen," she said.