DHAKA, March 7, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary and Road
Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the denial of
historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu is tantamount to denial of the
independence.
“Those who deny March 7 speech, they actually disavow the country’s
independence,” he said.
The minister was talking to journalists after paying tributes to Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the anniversary of his
historic March 7 Speech.
He paid homage to the memory of the Father of the Nation by placing a
wreath at his portrait on the premises of Bangabandhu Museum at Dhanmondi
here.
Mentioning March 7 as a very significant day for Bangalee nation, Quader
said Bangabandhu in true sense had declared country’s independence through
his landmark March 7 address at a mammoth rally in the then ‘Race Course
Maidan’, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in the city.
Bangabandhu’s fiery speech inspired the freedom-loving Bangalees for
waging a decisive struggle against the then Pakistan occupation forces, he
said.
The minister said Bangabandhu’s assassins and perpetrators of August 15
carnage, who grasped the state power after the massacre, had banned the
playing of the landmark speech but the UNESCO recognized the fiery speech as
a part of the world’s documentary heritage.