NEW DELHI: Bangladeshi prime Minister Sheikh Hasina still grieves the assassination of her father — the United states’s founder — nearly 50 years in the past, and her government guarantees the country grieves with her.
once sidelined from legit history, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is now the issue of a persona cult that designates him “Father of the country”.
Hasina has foregrounded his legacy in what critics say is an effort to entrench her ruling Awami League, which dominates country wide politics and is about to comb elections Sunday following an competition boycott.
Her government has also enacted stiff punishments for any remarks, written work or social media posts that would be construed as defaming his legacy.
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“She has essentially delivered an earthly blasphemy law inside the US of her father — the sort we see in one-party states,” a senior human rights activist in Bangladesh told AFP, asking for anonymity out of fear of retribution.
