Dhaka, July 4 -- Advocate Abdus Salam Azad, Joint Secretary General of BNP's Central Executive Committee, said on Thursday that Sheikh Hasina has repeatedly betrayed the nation. He claimed that she compromised with Ershad as well as neighboring countries and other forces.
"There was no trace of democracy in the country back then," he stated. "Her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, destroyed democracy. Later, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, through the Sepoy Revolution, took responsibility for the nation and restored democracy and press freedom. He organized the presidential election in 1978."
According to Salam, the Zia family has always stood for democracy, while the Mujib family has been responsible for enforced disappearances, murders, and...