Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused editors of the country’s two leading newspapers for their connivance with the actors of 1/11 in 2007, who intimidated the politicians as well as the students, teachers and businessmen after taking over power.
“As part of their close conspiratorial association with the Minus-2 formula, the two editors were closely involved with the actors of the 1/11 and published news supplied by the DGFI at that time against me to brand me as corrupt,” she said adding that the two newspapers for the last 20 years have also been hatching conspiracy against her.
The prime minister said this while taking part on the motion in the parliament moved by Chief Whip for giving thanks to the President for his speech given on the first day of the ninth session of the 10th Parliament and delivering valedictory speech marking the closer of the session.
Sheikh Hasina said although she was the leader of the opposition, she was arrested first by the 1/11 rulers implicating her in many false cases with a view to ousting her from the national politics.
“My governments have provided maximum opportunities for the media, but I most unfortunately was victimized by the media in the worst form,” the prime minister lamented.
Mentioning the names of the Daily Star editor and the Prothom Alo editor, the prime minister said the two editors acted as the agents of DGFI and tried to thwart the democratic politics in the country in collusion with Brigadier Bari and Brigadier Amin, two top brasses of army at that time.
The prime minister also blasted Dr Mohammad Yunus, saying the two editors and the military rulers tried to float a political party with him, hatching conspiracy to create an unstable situation in the country.
She also blasted Dr Yunus for his role to pursue the World Bank to withdraw its financial support from the Padma Bridge. They thought that WB’s retreat from the project would bar Bangladesh from implementing the project.
Saying that she virtually gave up reading the two newspapers after her release from captivity and particularly taking office in 2009, as the two news papers never publish any report without pinching her.
“I don’t read these newspapers in fear of losing my confidence because of their ill reporting,” she said adding, “however, truth can not be suppressed forever and it has been revealed by the Star editor himself in a recent television talk show and publication of DGFI supplied report without mentioning any source.
