Public Works Minister calls on everyone to be united under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina
Housing and Public Works Minister R, A, M, Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury urged everyone to be united under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the capable daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He made this call as the chief guest at a discussion meeting organized by Awami Jubo League on the occasion of Sheikh Jamal's 71st birthday at the Dhaka district Awami League office on Monday (April 29).
Public Works Minister said, those who killed Bangabandhu could not accept the independence of this country. The Father of the Nation was killed as part of a deep political conspiracy.
The minister said that Bangabandhu's second son Shaheed Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal was a very kind, polite, sociable person. He was a smart military officer. He went to the liberation war at the age of seventeen. The ruthlessness of those who had killed such a bright star of patriotism as him is easily imagined.
The minister urged the young generation to be motivated by patriotism like Sheikh Jamal and build a life like him. He expressed strong conviction that the young generation will build a developed and prosperous smart Bangladesh under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, inspired by patriotism like Sheikh Jamal.
Director General of Press Institute of Bangladesh Zafar Wazed said, most of those who were involved in the killing of Bangabandhu are Pakistani Army returnees. Although many of them took part in the liberation war, it remains to be seen whether they acted as spies for Pakistan.
Jubo League general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil said that after the liberation war in 1971, the national election of January 7 was another war for the defense of the country. In this war, democracy and rule of law have been promoted in the country, Jubo League has led from the front line in this war.
Eminent poet, essayist and writer Ajay Das Gupta said that in 1971 the economy of Bangladesh was much smaller than that of Pakistan. After fifty years of independence, the economy of Bangladesh is almost double that of Pakistan. But they wanted to claim this nation by exploiting and torturing them. He commented that they should apologize for that.
Jubo League President Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash said in the President's speech that Ziaur Rahman was directly and indirectly involved in the murder of Bangabandhu and his family. Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash demanded the formation of a separate commission to reveal Zia's role behind the murder and his posthumous trial.
A large number of Awami League leaders including leaders of Dhaka District Awami League and its affiliates, central leaders of Jubo League were present in the event.