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People of all religious faiths will live together with equal right: PM
DHAKA, Dec 16, 2020 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today
reiterated her call to the countrymen to stay firm on non-communal
spirit of the War of Liberation, saying people of all religious faiths
will live in the country with equal right.
“All people in combine have made the country independent in
exchange of their blood . . . Freedom of practicing religious ritual
of each faith will be remained as we believe in this spirit and Islam
also teaches us that lesson,” she said.
The premier was addressing a Victory Day discussion organized by
Awami League at its central office in city’s Bangabandhu Avenue. She
chaired the discussion joining virtually from her official residence
Ganabhaban.
Sheikh Hasina said, “I will say that the people of all religions–
Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Buddhist– will live in this soil that
means we will not neglect other religions as majority Muslim.”
She also mentioned that “Our Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH) has
given us that lesson.”
“I will tell all of you that any situation has to be tackled with
patience. We will only think about how much we could contribute to the
country rather than what others say and then we can make the right
decision and do the right thing.”
She said intellectuals of the country were killed on the eve of the
final victory in 1971 so nobody was remained to propel Bangladesh
ahead.
Mentioning that she herself also lost near and dear ones in the war,
the premier said that is why she gets pain from those who lost their
relatives. “Many did not find the bodies of their near and dear ones
after the killing of intellectuals that began from December 9 in
1971,” she added.
Again after the killing of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 along with most of his family members,
many leaders and activists of Awami League, Chhatra League and other
organizations were killed whose bodies were also not found, she
observed.
Sheikh Hasina added: “Tortured is still continued… we have
witnessed arson attack, militancy, terrorism and others.”
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges
Minister Obaidul Quader, MP, gave the opening speech.
AL Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, MP, Dr. Muhammad Abdur
Razzaque, MP, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, AL Joint
Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Joint Secretary A
F M Bahaiddin Nasim, Organizing Secretary Mirza Azam, MP, AL Central
Committee Member Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya Bir Bikram, AL Dhaka
South Unit President Abu Ahmed Mannafi and AL Dhaka North Unit
President Sheikh Bazlur Rahman also spoke.
AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, MP,
moderated the discussion from the Ganabhaban end.
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