President Md Abdul Hamid on Sunday said the homecoming of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is a milestone of the country's democracy.
"Her (Hasina's) historic home return paved the way to establish the spirit of liberation war, the values of independence and democracy here," he said in a message issued on the occasion of the 41th homecoming day of Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. Abdul Hamid said upon returning home, Sheikh Hasina started a movement to recover the country's democracy and following it, the autocratic government fall through the 1990 mass movement and the democracy got triumph.
He said Awami League achieved a landslide victory in the 12 June general election in 1996 and it formed the government under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
That time, the President said, the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord was signed to resolve the long-standing conflicts between the hill dwellers and Bangalees, while the Ganges Water Sharing Agreement was inked between Bangladesh and India.
He said the 14-party alliance assumed power under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina through the 29 December general elections in 2008 and took various programmes for the welfare of the people, while the judgment of Bangabandhu killing case was implemented.
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