What is 'Rajakar' which Sheikh Hasina allegedly called protesters?
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had allegedly referred to the protesters at Gana Bhavan on July 14 last year as 'children and grandchildren of Rajakars'. Although the word 'Rajakar' or ‘Razakar’ was initially used to mean 'volunteer', during the Bangladesh Liberation War it referred to a paramilitary force allied with Pakistan and opposed to independence.