Awami League Advisory Council Member Amir Hossain Amu called for politically resisting those who distort the history of the country’s independence.
“The celebration of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary will create a wave which will one day wash away all evil forces like BNP-Jamaat,” he told a view- exchange of the 14-party alliance on Wednesday at AL’s Bangabandhu Avenue central office in the city.Marking the celebration of ‘Mujib Year’, the 14-party leaders exchanged views with leaders of different professional bodies.
Chaired by 14-party spokesperson and AL Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim,
the function was attended , among others, by AL Presidium Member and Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya
Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu, Samyabadi Dal General Secretary Dilip Barua, AL Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretary SM Kamal Hossain and Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana. Amu said those who do not observe the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, are the anti-liberation force. The AL veteran leader said BJP took elaborate programme marking the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi in India and there was no confusion and disagreement in observing the programmes for father of the nation of the country.
“But in our country, BNP-Jamaat did not take any programme to observe the birth centenary of Father of the Nation,” he said.
Mentioning Bangabandhu as an able statesman, Amu said: “We all discuss about Bangabandhu’s pre-independence political activities. But we do not discuss how Bangabandhu was as a statesman”.
Amu said Bangabandhu long ago thought about resolving of maritime dispute and he took strong steps like land reforms and introducing cooperatives for the farmers.
The AL leader said the architect of independent Bangladesh had given different directives for running the state and for the people of different professions.
“If we can portray the directives from our respective positions, the new generation can know how Bangabandhu was as a statesman,” he said. Mohammed Nasim announced the 14-party’s programmes marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu.
On March 17, the birthday of Bangabandhu, candle-light vigil will be arranged in the evening simultaneously across the country. As part of the central programme, a candle-light procession will be brought out from the city’s Manik Miah Avenue and it will end at Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi 32 to pay homage to Bangabandhu on that day.
