DHAKA, Dec 28, 2020 (BSS) – Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque
today urged all to remain alert against bigots and religion traders.
He made the call at a discussion organised by the Ministry of
Agriculture at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
auditorium in the capital on the occasion of Victory Day.
Recalling the most difficult and terrible days of the 1971
liberation war, Razzaque, also a freedom fighter, said in response to
the call of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
people of all religions including Muslims, Hindus and Christians
joined the war.
“But, in this independent Bangladesh, fanatics and religion traders
torture and kill people in the name of religion. We all need to be
aware of and united to eradicate these bigots,” he said.
The agriculture minister said Bangabandhu’s ideology can never be
erased by vandalizing his sculptures.
The light of Bangabandhu’s ideology is in the hands of his daughter,
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said.
Under the strong leadership and foresight of the Prime Minister,
Razzaque said, the country’s economy is stable and strong even amid
the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“Bangladesh is one of the few countries that will have positive
economic growth,” he said, adding that some people want to hinder the
development pace of the country by creating instability.
Chaired by Agriculture Secretary Md Mesbahul Islam, the meeting was
addressed, among others, by former secretary to the Prime Minister’s
Office and Chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Sajjadul Hassan,
Bangladesh Agricultural University’s Professor Emeritus MA Sattar
Mandal, Chairman of BADC Md Sayedul Islam, Director General of the
Department of Agricultural Extension Md Asadullah, Executive Chairman
of BARC Dr Sheikh Mohammad Bakhtiyar, agriculturist Badiuzzaman Badsha
and additional secretary of the ministry Md Hasanuzzaman Kallol.