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People want a democratic govt thru’ fair polls: Hasina

Staff Correspondent
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina reached Boston in the United States early yesterday, some 40 hours after her release on executive orders for treatment abroad.
She was received by her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and his family. Several hundred AL activists and supporters from different states and Canada gathered at the Logan International Airport to greet her.
Talking to reporters there, she said people want the long-stalled parliamentary polls to be held without delay. They want handover of power to a democratic government after a free and fair election, reports American News Agency (ANA), a US-based Bangla news service.
Hasina, also former prime minister, was freed for eight weeks Wednesday afternoon after about 11 months in detention on corruption
charges. She left Dhaka the next morning and had a four-hour stopover at Heathrow airport in London before flying for Boston, Massachusetts.
On arrival, she hugged her son heartily. Tears ran down her cheeks as she threw arms around her daughter-in-law Christina Joy and cuddled granddaughter Sufia Rehana Joy, said eyewitnesses.
Many of those present were swept up in emotion as well. Slogans like “Joy Bangla" and “Joy Bangabandhu” echoed through the airport area as a cheerful Hasina waved to the crowd who had been waiting to catch a glimpse of her.
AL leaders Abul Mal Abdul Muhith, Akhtaruzzaman Babu, Faqrul Islam Munshi, Abdus Sobhan Golap, President of US chapter of AL Khalid Hasan, General Secretary Sazzadur Rahman Sazzad, among others, were at the airport, according to News World, a New York-based news agency.
Before leaving the airport for her son's apartment, Hasina offered prayers and spoke to waiting journalists. She expressed gratitude to Almighty Allah, the people and partymen for her release.
Hasina said they have long been
struggling for democracy. "Our objective is to establish a prosperous and democratic Bangladesh and for this I seek help from all of you,” she was quoted as saying by News World.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Humayun Kabir was at the airport to welcome her.
According to News World, his presence surprised many of those who were there. A first secretary level official of the embassy was sent to receive Hasina during the BNP-Jamaat coalition rule.
Asked, Humayun Kabir said following the government's orders is his duty and which is why he had come to receive the AL president.
Queried if he would call on her during her stay in Boston, he said there is no such plan.
Talking to reporters shortly before her mother's arrival, Joy expressed gratitude to the Almighty Allah and the people of Bangladesh. He said, "We've been waiting so long for this day. 1 can't tell you how happy I'm at the prospect of meeting my mother."
About Hasina's itinerary, he said she would first take rest in his Boston residence for some time and then fly to Florida for treatment. Later, she would visit her daughter Saima Wazed Putul in Canada.