Govt has taken proper initiative to honour all freedom fighters : Speaker

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DHAKA, Mar 27, 2021 (BSS) – Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said the government has taken proper initiative to honour all freedom fighters across the country.

Terming the freedom fighters as the worthy son of the soil, the Speaker said the valiant freedom fighters spontaneously participated in the war of independence to liberate the country from Pakistani occupation forces without any interest.

“ So present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken proper initiative to honour the freedom fighters across the country,” she said this while virtually joining a discussion and reception to the valiant freedom fighters at Pirganj upazila auditorium.

Paying rich tribute to all freedom fighters, the Speaker said responding to the call of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who dedicated almost twenty-four years of his life for the struggle of independence of the country, the freedom fighters had participated in the liberation war and made the country independent.

Pirganj Upazila Awami League president Azizur Rahman Ranga chaired the function while Pirganj Awami League general secretary and Pirganj municipality mayor ASM Tajimul Islam Shamid moderated the programme.

Later,the speaker distributed crests among sixty-eight valiant freedom fighters.