Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, will address the Awami League leaders and workers in Bangladesh two days in a row beginning on Wednesday. This will be her first in-person appearance on virtual platforms since she left her country on August 5 last year.
Although Hasina virtually addressed her party workers abroad, including in the US and the UK, since she has been living in exile in India her voice was heard at the events. she never made an in-person appearance on virtual platforms.
“This is the first time she will appear in person on virtual platforms to address her party workers in Bangladesh. Her first speech will be delivered around 9 pm on Wednesday through the online platform of Chhatra League, the students' wing of Awami League which the Bangladesh government has already banned.
The following day at the same time, she will address Awami League’s social media platforms,” said a source in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Delhi.
According to intelligence sources on Hasina’s communications, the former Prime Minister chose to address her party functionaries to raise spirits among them.
In an attempt to thwart Hasina’s campaign, leaders of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, which ousted the Awami League from power, decided to organise counter-events in Dhaka capital by screening documentaries on the July uprising.
The leadership also issued a dictate asking all private TV channels to telecast special bulletin on the July uprising. The student’s leadership also declared on social media that any media houses that airt Hasina’s speech would be branded as the enemy of the nation.
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