President Abdul Hamid on Thursday paid rich tributes to four national leaders on the occasion of the Jail Killing Day recalling their immense contributions to the War of Liberation.
The President, in a message on the eve of the day, said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s close aides four national leaders- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Qamaruzzaman- were brutally killed by anti-liberation forces inside the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.
” I am recalling them with profound respect,” he added.
Abdul Hamid said Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of Bangalee nation, is the architect of Independent Bangladesh.
He said Bangabandhu proclaimed independence of Bangladesh on March 26 in 1971 after imbuing the nation with Bangalee nationalism for more than two decades and eventually the Liberation War started at his call.
President Abdul Hamid said Bangabandhu had given directives to the people to continue the Liberation War until attainment of the final victory by freeing the soil of Bangladesh from the Pakistani occupation forces.
“When Bangabandhu was imprisoned in Pakistan jail during the Liberation War, the four national leaders made an outstanding contributions to form Mujibnagar Government, devise war strategy and tactics, carry out administrative activities, conduct the Liberation War and diplomatic efforts to turn the Liberation War into a people’s war,” he said.
The President said the nation will always remember the contributions of four national leaders with respect.
Abdul Hamid said anti-liberation forces brutally killed the four national leaders in continuation to the assassination of Bangabandhu and most of his family members to make the nation leaderless alongside to jeopardize the independence and sovereignty of the country.
He said the target of the perpetrators of killings was to give rise to undemocratic autocracy in the country as well as to erase the spirit of Liberation War from the minds of young generation. “But their design did not come out successful,” he added.
The President said the ideology of Bangabandhu will remain alive till the existence of Bangladesh.
He said Bangabandhu had a dream to build the country a happy and prosperous “Sonar Bangla”.
“Everybody will make contribution from their respective positions to materialize the dream of Bangabandhu and this would be our pledge on the Jail Killing Day,” he added.
The President also prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the four national leaders.
