New Delhi, April 15 -- Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said that anti-independence forces have illegally seized power and were actively trying to destroy the country's secular culture as she urged people to drive the usurpers out.
"Today, anti-liberation forces have illegally seized power in Bangladesh. They are actively trying to destroy Bengali culture," the 77-year-old said in a statement on the occasion of Bengali New Year - Pohela Boishakh. "Let us drive out the anti-liberation and anti-culture forces, and raise Bangladesh's head high on the global stage," she said. P13
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