After hovering for a long time at the airport, an Indian Airlines plane carrying Sheikh Hasina from New Delhi to Kolkata landed on the runway at 4.30 pm.
“I have returned to the country not to become the leader of the Awami League, but to live with the people and take part in the freedom struggle,” the AL president said at a heart-warming reception at the airport attended by nearly 15 lakh people. That time.
She further said, “I want to be with you as your sister, daughter and activist of the Awami League, who believes in the ideals of Bangabandhu.”
The ruling Awami League (AL) has organized massive programs on the 44th homecoming day of Prime Minister and AL chairperson Sheikh Hasina.
As part of the programmes, party leaders will felicitate the Prime Minister, the eldest daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at her Ganabhavan residence here on Friday at 9:00 am.