Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday visited Bangabandhu’s ancestral home in the district town here, now being used as the district Awami League office, as she is now on a two-day visit to her village home.
“After her oath of office, this is her first visit to Bangabandhu’s ancestral home at Bank Para in the town which Bangabandhu’s father Sheikh Lutfor Rahman purchased in the 50’s and used as residence,” a relative of the Prime Minister and local Awami League leader said.
People in the neighbiurhood said during the Liberation War, Pakistani occupation forces burnt down the home forcing Bangabandhu to purchase another piece of land by his ancestral home while the original one was left unattended for a long time after his brutal assassination in 1975.
In eighties, Sheikh Hasina renovated the home and allowed the Awami League to use it as the party office.
As the Prime Minister arrived at the office, president of Gopalganj district Awami League Chowdhury Emdadul Haque and general secretary Mahbub Alam Khan received her.
They introduced the other party leaders with the Prime Minister who moved around the home to recollect her memories.
Awami League Presidium member and local MP Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, religious affairs secretary of Awami League Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and central Awami League leader SM Kamal Hossain were present.
In a short views-exchange meeting with the party leaders, the Prime Minister expressed her profound delight for having the opportunity to visit the house which carries the memories of Bangabandhu.
She also urged them to strengthen the party at all levels and monitor the projects being implemented in their areas.
Sheikh Hasina arrived here this morning on a two-day visit to open the 11th National Rover Moot.
After opening the Moot, she went to her ancestral home where she will stay overnight. She will return to Dhaka Friday afternoon.
source:UNB
