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Published : 03 Oct 2014, 11:31 PM
At Friday's media call at the Ganabhaban, she wondered how it could be published before remarking that no-one could distort history.
A reporter drew her attention to two books -- Sharmin Ahmed's 'Tajuddin Ahmed: Neta o Pita' (Tajuddin Ahmed: A Leader and a Father) and former minister Khandker's '1971: Bhetore-Baire' (1971: Inside Out).
Khandker, the second-in-command of 'Mukti Bahini', claimed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had said 'Joy Pakistan' at the end of his historic Mar 7 speech and that the Awami League was 'not ready' for an armed conflict.
The book from 'Prothoma' publications hit the stand in May and has been a subject of bitter criticism since.
Several organisations and witnesses, who were at the Suhrawardy Udyan on Mar 7, have dismissed the former Awami League minister's claim.
Hasina said people were writing 'whatever' they wanted.
"We should ask the publisher how they printed the book and how come they encourage [such books]," she said casting doubts over the 'real authors' of the two books.
"If you take a closer look at the books, it will appear that they are similar to a certain person's writings... I think he's the writer," Hasina said without taking names.
There have been doubts whether Khandker had authored the book.
Popular fiction writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, too, has doubted the writing.
In one of his articles, he wrote how he had contacted Prothom Alo's publication wing 'Prothoma' for the book's manuscript. The publishers had told him that they had parts of it but had prepared the whole manuscript after discussions with the author.
They told Zafar Iqbal that they had proof confirming Khandker had completely agreed with the book's content.
Hasina said no-one can hide the true history.
"The people will give those, involved with such acts, an answer in time," she said.
