AL vows to build Sonar Bangla thwarting all conspiracies
Awami League leaders today vowed to build a Sonar Bangla under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by thwarting all conspiracies.
They made the pledge at a brief
rally in front of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) before
bringing out a colorful procession marking the country's golden jubilee of
independence and Mujib Barsho.
AL Advisory Council Member and
14-party alliance spokesperson and coordinator Amir Hossain Amu chaired the
rally.
The party leaders said that Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Bangladesh a dignified position at the
international level.
But the anti-state conspiracies are
being hatching both at home and abroad, he said. The AL leaders pledged of
marching forward by facing all undemocratic and communal forces politically.
AL Presidium Members Begum Matia
Chowdhury, Dr Abdur Razzaque, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman and AHM
Khairuzzaman Liton, Joint General Secretaries - Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Education
Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud
and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretaries Ahmed Hossain, BM Mozammel
Haque, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, SM Kamal Hossain, Mirza Azam, Advocate
Afjal Hossain and Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, Liberation War Affairs
Secretary Mrinal Kanti Das, Dhaka City North AL President Sheikh Bazlur Rahman,
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam, Dhaka City South AL General
Secretary Humayun Kabir and Joint General Secretary Morshed Kamal spoke, among
others.
The 'Victory Procession' was brought
out from in front of the historic Suhrawardy Udyan where Pakistani occupation
forces had surrendered to the allied forces on December 16, 1971.
The procession drew a huge crowd
with national and party flags, banners and festoons, placards, posters having
photographs of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangabandhu's grandson Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
AL leaders and workers from 15
constituencies of the capital city, 41 thanas and over 100 wards joined the
procession by marching from their respective areas.
Motifs of elephant, horse carriages,
boat, dummy rifle, cannons, tanks and dresses of valiant freedom fighters and
victory celebration by valiant freedom fighters were exhibited in the
procession which added a different dimension in the celebration.
Bangabandhu's historic March 7
speech and different patriotic songs were played through loudspeakers in the
procession.
Clad in red-green t-shirts, cap and
traditional sharees, the crowd joined the procession and chanted slogans of the
Liberation War.
The procession ended at the
Dhanmondi road number 32.
Speaking at the rally, Amu said Bangladesh had
attained independence under the leadership of Bangabandhu. But conspiracies
were hatched to ruin the country's independence by assassinating Father of the
Nation, he added.
Amu said Bangabandhu had to face imprisonment
for nearly 13 and a half years for achieving independence in 1971 within 23
years since the creation of Pakistan in 1947.
Through different movements and struggles,
Bangabandhu united the freedom-loving Bangalees to join the Liberation War, he
said.
Begum Matia Chowdhury said Bangladesh has marched ahead overcoming all
conspiracies and it will go ahead in the coming days too.
"We must build Bangabandhu's Sonar
Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina," she
said.
Abdur Razzaque said none will be able to halt the development and
progress of Bangladesh by hatching conspiracy. "Bangladesh is going ahead
and it will continue going ahead," he said.
Dr Hasan Mahmud said many conspiracies were hatched in the 50 years
against Bangladesh, its independence, development and progress.
"Overcoming all hurdles and impediments, we are going ahead to materialize
the dream of Bangabandhu. Today we are a proud nation," he said.
He said those who were in suspicion during 1971-21 period whether
Bangladesh would be able to survive as a state or not, whether Bangladesh would
become prosperous nation or not, they now became astonished witnessing the
unprecedented development of Bangladesh.
The information minister said that the evil
forces which didn't want Bangladesh independence are now active both at home
and abroad in anti-state conspiracies.
But the country must become a Sonar Bangla as
dreamt by Bangabandhu by defeating all evil forces, he hoped.
BNP’s committee
on the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the country’s
independence arranged the programme, marking the Victory Day.
Nazrul described Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman as the architect of the country’s
independence and paid homage to him.
He also paid tributes to BNP founder
Ziaur Rahman, those who ran the first government of independent Bangladesh,
commander-in-chief of the Liberation War MAG Osmani, all other freedom fighters
and martyrs recalling their role in liberating the country.
The BNP said the nation had started
preparations for the Liberation War through different movements and struggles
since the Language Movement in 1952. “All those
who led the nation over this long period and initiated the war deserve our
respect.”
“Had the
political leadership not prepared proper grounds, we couldn’t have won
the war. All those who supported us from all over the world also deserve our
respect. At the same time, we must express our gratitude to those who in our
country directly or indirectly helped us. It won’t be
acceptable to people if we try to take all credits on our own without
recognising the contributions of others. This is unfair,” he
observed.
Nazrul said it was Major Ziaur
Rahman who first revolted against the Pakistani occupation forces at midnight
on March 25. “We heard the proclamation of independence on the
radio for the first time in his (Zia’s) voice.
How’ll I accept
it if someone now tells me referring to a law or a court verdict not to believe
what I heard in my own ears?”
He urged the new generation to try
to know the truth. “Remember, knowing lies is not knowledge.”