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Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu, said as her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loved the people of Bangladesh so much, he straightly went to the historic Racecourse Maidan now SuhrawardiUdyan where thousands of hundreds of people gathered to see him after his return to Dhaka from London en-route New Delhion January 10, 1972.
To this end, she said, “How a person could hold as much love and commitment as Bangabandhu had towards the people and the country as well.”
In the homecoming speech, the Father of the Nation gave a guideline to run an independent state and its reflection was later surfaced in the country’s constitution formulated by Bangabandhu’s government, she said.
Alongside giving a guideline to run a state, Bangabandhu,in his speech, gave a description of Pakistani atrocities upon the Bangalees during the nine-month Liberation War in 1971 and extended heartfelt thanks to the countries particularly India for helping Bangladesh become an independent state.
The Prime Minister said that she has become astonished when she saw Bangabandhu did everything to run a state towards prosperity and development only in three and a half years after the Liberation War before his assassination along with most of his family members on August 15, 1975.
She said the anti-liberation elements, who want to foil the independence of Bangladesh as they do not want that people of the country will move around the world keeping their heads high, have become failed as Bangladesh has already reached a dignified position on the global stage.
Sheikh Hasina said her government has been tirelessly working to make beautiful the lives of the people for whom Bangabandhu had sacrificed his entire lifefor establishing the rights of people.
Following the footsteps of Father of the Nation, she said that her government has been implementing a perspective plan for making Bangladesh a prosperous and developed country by 2041, adding that they have even formulated a plan (Delta Plan-2100) to give the new generation a guideline to run the state towards prosperity.
The Prime Minister called the Awami League leaders and activists to devote themselves to build the country as a Sonar Bangla, saying, “Let’s take a vow to build a happy and prosperous Sonar Bangla free from hunger, poverty, communal chaos, militancy and terrorism on the Historic Day of Bangabandhu’s Homecoming.”
The Prime Minister reiterated her commitment to give accommodation to every homeless as well as landless people and illuminate every house with electricity as part of the move to materialize the dream of Father of the Nation to give the nation an improved life.
BSS/AHJ/RY/21:05 hrs