It was quite a different morning for the residents of Tungipara as they witnessed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with some others riding on a rickshaw van to see for herself the condition of the people at her ancestral village enjoying natural beauty.  

Sheikh Hasina,  elder daughter of Bangabandhu, went out of her Tungipara village home in Gopalganj at about 11:00am and took an about 15-minute ride on the van, crossing nearly one kilometer road from the mausoleum of Bangabandhu, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told UNB.

Sheikh Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, his wife Peppi Siddiq and their daughter Lila Tuli Siddiq and son Kaius Mujib Siddiq 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 Sheikh 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 mazar of Bangabandhu, offer fateha and join a special munajat there.

Earlier, the Prime Minister visited Bangabandhu’s ancestral home at Bank Para in Gopalgonj 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 this afternoon.