Bangladeshv former Prime Minister Khaled Zia returns, adding pressure to the elections

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi’s ill former Prime Minister Khaled Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding pressure to their temporary leaders to maintain elections.

The South Asian country was under the government he leads Nobel peacekeeping Reward Laureate Muhammad Yunus from former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina It was presented to the establishment with the Ice of the Students in August last year.

Zia, Hasin’s archive, and her Bangladesh Nationalist People push Yunusova to hold national elections in December to regain the country in democratic power.

Under Hasina, there were many opposition political parties, including Zia’s BNP boycotted surveys or accused authorities to rig them. Many welcomed Hasina’s overthrow as a chance to return to democratic elections, but doubt and insecurity occurred in recent months about the commitment of the new government to maintain elections soon. He said that the following elections would take place in December or until June next year, depending on the scope of reforms in different sectors.

Her older son, Tarique Rahman, He keeps the party as the departure chief from Exile in London.

After Zia, he landed at 10:43, greeted him the older leaders of the party at the main airport in Dhaki. Zia, sitting in a wheelchair, smiled as she lifted her right hand several times to receive greeting.

The crowds gathered outside the International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal for a welcome return lead, in the middle of difficult safety. Thousands of supporters, many carrying Bangladesh and BNP flags, waited along about 9 kilometers of road prostheses leading to her house in Dhakin’s neat area Gulshan.

Accompanied by her two daughters, Zia arrived on a special air clinic organized by Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, which is also decorated Her transport in London In January. Zia suffers from different serious health conditions and she did not attend any public gatherings.

The physical presence of Zia in the country has a huge symbolic value for its party, while Hasina is in exile in India.

Before her arrival, Secretary General of the BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the return of Bangladesh would return the democratic process on Tuesday.

“This is a joyous moment for us and the nation. At this crucial time for democracy, her presence mark for the country. We believe that khaleda zia’s return will facilitate the path to democratic transition,” Fakhrul Told Reporters.

Zia and Hasina alternately ruled the country as Premiere Ministers since 1991. when the country returned to democracy after the authoritarian president of HM Ershad.

Zia served land three times as a prime three times, twice for full five-year terms and once in just a few months.

During the Hasina for 15 years in power, Zia tried and close 17 years in two cases of corruption. Her party said that the charges against Zia were politically motivated, the alleged government of Hasina denied it. Later, Zia was released from prison provided not leaving the country.

Zia is a widow of a former military chef-converted President Ziaur Rahman, killed in 1981. years. Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh is a struggle for independence against Pakistan in 1971. years.