Prominent citizens of the country urged the country’s people to elect Sheikh Hasina in the national poll again upholding the spirit of liberation war.
The speakers made the comments on Monday at a roundtable discussion “Towards the golden jubilee of liberation through the path of victory in 1971” at CIRDAP auditorium in the city.
A group of eminent personalities including academics, professionals and interfaith leaders participated in the discussion as an election campaign promoting the idea of secularism, communal harmony and the spirit of liberation war.
Cultural personality Pijush Bandapadhya, convenor of Sampriti
Bangladesh presided over the function while former Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman gave the keynote speech.
While addressing the programme, Dr Atiur Rahman, also a professor at Dhaka University said that people should understand for which political party to vote to maintain the development activities that are underway in the country. “We want to celebrate the golden jubilee of our great liberation war victory as well as the 100-year birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina ,” said Atiur.
Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Abul Kalam Azad said that Bangladesh became a role model of development to the world under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
“Through the victory of Sheikh Hasina in the national poll in 2008, the youth of our country proved that they uphold the spirit of liberation war. The Prime Minister already digitalised the country and people of all strata including a rickshaw puller gets opportunity from it,” he added. UGC Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan emphasized the significance of the youth vote – in the upcoming election as it can determine a party’s victory. “Among the total of 10 crore voters, 2.5 crore are youth aged 18 to 26.
One crore 21 lakhs and 77 thousand new voters will cast their votes for the first time. They will determine who will come to power, “said Mannan. Former Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Professor Kamrul Hasan Khan, Dhaka University’s professor Chandranath Poddar, Security expert Major General (Retd) A K Mohammed Ali Sikder, Secular activist Arima Dutta, among others, spoke.
