Return Hasina or take entire AL to India: GOP's Rashed
Rashed warned that if the Modi government believes it can maintain ties only with Hasina and her party instead of the people of Bangladesh, then “India should take the Awami League entirely to India and let them do politics there”
Gono Odhikar Porishad (GOP) General Secretary Rashed Khan today (17 November) urged the Indian government to either return convicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh or "take the entire Awami League to India."
"This verdict has proved that no matter how powerful a leader is, no one is above the law. India must now return the convicted Sheikh Hasina without delay, because the verdict was delivered in line with the law and constitution of Bangladesh," he said while addressing a public meeting in the Hamdah area of Jhenaidah city.
Rashed warned that if the Modi government believes it can maintain ties only with Hasina and her party instead of the people of Bangladesh, then "India should take the Awami League entirely to India and let them do politics there."
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He said Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League "no longer have any right to do politics in Bangladesh," adding that the party would not be able to return to the country "for the next fifty years."
He mentioned students who "sacrificed their blood and lives" during the movement would never allow the Awami League to regain political space.
Describing the verdict sentencing Hasina to death as "historic," Rashed Khan said it had restored the rule of law and judicial independence.
He urged "innocent leaders and activists" of the Awami League not to fall into what he described as Hasina's conspiracies "from abroad."
He thanked the interim government for gathering evidence of crimes including genocide and taking appropriate action.
Leaders from various units of the Gono Odhikar Porishad were present at the event.
