Bangladesh: BNP hails PM Modi's concern for critical former PM Khaleda Zia

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) connected Tuesday expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi aft helium conveyed interest and extended bully wishes to erstwhile Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who remains successful a captious condition. Zia, 80, a long-time rival of Bangladesh’s longest-serving person Sheikh Hasina, has been placed connected ventilation arsenic her wellness deteriorates.In a station connected X, the BNP wrote: "BNP expresses its sincere gratitude to the Honourable Prime Minister of India, for his thoughtful connection and benignant wishes for the speedy betterment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia." The enactment added, "BNP profoundly appreciates this motion of goodwill and the look of readiness to widen support."

A time earlier, PM Modi had publically expressed interest implicit the erstwhile leader’s condition. In his connection connected X, helium wrote: "Deeply acrophobic to larn astir the wellness of Begum Khaleda Zia, who has contributed to Bangladesh's nationalist beingness for galore years." He added, "Our sincere prayers and champion wishes for her speedy recovery. India stands acceptable to widen each imaginable enactment successful immoderate mode we can."

Zia was admitted to Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital connected November 23 with a lung corruption and is being treated successful the Coronary Care Unit nether the supervision of a squad of section and overseas specialists.

According to BNP caput wide Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, her information is "very critical."Bangladesh's interim authorities has besides shown concern. Chief advisor Muhammad Yunus sent advisor Asif Nazrul to Evercare Hospital connected Friday nighttime to measure her condition.Khaleda Zia has agelong suffered from aggregate ailments, including bosom disease, diabetes, arthritis, liver cirrhosis, and kidney complications.

She travelled to London connected January 8 for precocious aesculapian attraction and underwent 17 days of attraction astatine the London Clinic earlier continuing her betterment astatine her lad Tarique Rahman’s residence nether the supervision of specializer doctors Professor Patrick Kennedy and Professor Jennifer Cross.

She returned to Bangladesh connected May 6 aft completing her attraction successful the UK.Begum Khaleda Zia, a ascendant fig successful Bangladesh’s politics, served arsenic the country’s archetypal pistillate Prime Minister, holding bureau from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She is the widow of erstwhile President and service commandant Ziaur Rahman.