Dhaka: Pointing at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina questioned on Thursday how a citizen of the country can make an audacious remark that he or she will not appear before the court anymore.

‘Standing before the court, Khaleda Zia said she won’t appear before the court anymore. What type of remark it is? Can any citizen who abides by the constitution and law of the land make such an audacious remark? Does such a remark fit her mouth?’ she said, reports the UNB.

Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, said this while presiding over a meeting of an AL Central Working Committee (ALCWC) at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city.

She said if Khaleda Zia feels she is innocent she must appear before the court.

Mentioning that Khaleda Zia did not appear before the court even for a single time in the last six months in connection with the Zia charitable trust case, Hasina said she did not do so because she has a ‘guilty mind’.

‘She (Khaleda) wants to avoid the trial and bypass it as she has a guilty mind...she has an escapist mindset as she’s guilty...this is the reality,’ said the Prime Minister said.

Hasina said when the caretaker government filed cases, even of murder, against her (Hasina) and issued an arrest warrant, she (Hasina) cut her stay in the USA short and returned home taking the challenge to face the case as she knew that she was innocent.