It was quite a different morning for the residents of Tungipara in Gopalganj district as they witnessed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with some members of her family riding on a rickshaw van to see for herself the condition of the people at her ancestral village.
Sheikh Hasina, elder daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, went out of her Tungipara village home about 11am and took about a 15-minute ride on the van, crossing nearly 1km road from the mausoleum of Bangabandhu, PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told newsmen.
Sheikh Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and his family accompanied Sheikh Hasina when she visited the village riding on the van.
While talking to the prime minister, local people raised various problems before her and she instantly directed officials concerned to solve the problems.
Prime Minister Hasina went to Gopalganj on Thursday on a two-day visit to open the 11th National Rover Moot, the biggest gathering of the Rover Scouts, there.
After opening the moot, Sheikh Hasina went to Tungipara to place wreaths at the grave of Bangabandhu, offered prayers and joined a special prayer there.
Earlier, the prime minister visited Bangabandhu’s ancestral home at Bank Para in Gopalganj town, now being used as the district unit office
of Awami League.
Sheikh Hasina stayed overnight at her village home in Tungipara and left Tungipara for Dhaka yesterday afternoon.