RAJSHAHI, June 8, 2019 (BSS) – City and district units of Awami League and
its associate bodies observed the historic six-point day in a befitting
manner yesterday.
Marking the day, leaders and workers of the party led by the city unit
president and mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton
garlanded at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman on the party office premises.
They also held a discussion meeting at the party office highlighting the
significance of the six-point movement besides contribution of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman towards achieving the independence of Bangladesh.
Chaired by city mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, the meeting was addressed,
among others, by city unit awami league general secretary Dablu Sarker, its
former president Mozaffar Hossain, vice-president Meer Iqbal, valiant freedom
fighters Nawsher Ali and Muhammad Ali Kamal and local leaders Shahadat
Hossain, and Mustaque Hossain.
Referring to six-point demand as the charter of freedom of Bangalee, Liton
said the people who disapprove June 7, the milestone of Independence, don’t
believe in the Liberation War.
He termed the historic June 7 as an unforgettable and significant day in
the history of Bangladesh, saying the historic movement for six-point demand,
declared by the greatest Bengali of all time Bangabandhu, took an important
turn on June 7, 1966.
Liton added that the Bangalee nation got independence under the dynamic
leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. And now the country is
moving ahead under the visionary leadership of Bangabandhu’s worthwhile
daughter Sheikh Hasina, he continued.
He also urged all the party leaders and workers to strengthen the hands of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for taking the nation forward.