The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of Awami League, observed 'Home coming day’ of their Party Chief Sheikh Hasina on the Dhaka University campus yesterday.

Sheikh Hasina, who survived the August 15 massacre alongwith her younger sister Sheikh Rehana as they were abroad at that time, returned home on May 17, 1981 after she was elected Awami League President unanimously in the party council.

Marking the day, BCL as part of their party’s programme brought out a peace procession from Modhu`s canteen and paraded the campus hoping her recovery from illness and demanding unconditional release. Later, a rally was held at the Battala near the Arts Building of the University.

Addressing the rally, BCL president Mahmud Hasan Ripon said Sheikh Hasina is the leader of people that’s why nobody could detain her in the jail.

He also said the Government should realise the people’s feelings otherwise it may have to pay for this.

Besides, acting general secretary Syed Abul Kalm Azad, vice-president Golam Sarwar Kabir, Aminul Haque Kabir, Suzadur Rahman, Assistant Secretary Nazmul Hossain Jonny, office secretary Nasir Al Momen Rupok, DU unit president Sheikh Sohel Rana Tipu and general secretary Sazzad Sakib Badsha, among others, spoke in the programme.