Bangabandhu sacrificed life for people’s freedom: PM [ Tritiyo Matra News ]

Bangabandhu sacrificed life for people’s freedom: PM

Local March 29, 2017

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangabandhu had sacrificed his life for bringing freedom of the people and now it’s the responsibility of the countrymen to protect this freedom.
‘Bangabandhu chose his struggling life for and dedicated his life to bringing freedom of the people and now it’s the responsibility of the countrymen to protect this liberty,’ she said.
She added: ‘Bangabandhu is not my father only, he is also the father of whole Bangladesh and the people of the country... so he gave everything to the people.’
All will have to work together to ensure peace, security, development and economic emancipation of the people, she said.
The prime minister was addressing as chief guest the publication ceremony of ‘Karagarer Rojnamcha’ (Diary in Jail), the second autobiography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at the Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh auditorium at Farmgate in the capital in the afternoon.
Emeritus professor Rafiqul Islam presided over the function, while eminent historians professor Syed Anwar Hossain and professor Muntasir Mamun took part in the discussion on the book.
Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor read out some parts of the book and Bangla Academy director general professor Shamsuzzaman Khan delivered the welcome address.
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader was present on the dais.
Ministers, advisers to the PM, parliament members, chiefs of three services, educationists, senior editors and journalists were present at the function.
With the funding of the ministry of cultural affairs, Bangla Academy published the 332-page book on the occasion of the 98th birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17. In the book, he particularly described events and experiences of his imprisonment from 1966 to 1968.
In an emotion-charged voice, the prime minister said Bangabandhu had given everything to the people as he loved them very much.
‘Bangabandhu earned independence for the countrymen, presented a state to them and gave scope for their self-identity,’ she said.
In this connection, she referred to Bangabandhu’s interview with eminent British journalist David Frost where Frost asked Bangabandhu what his qualification was. In reply, Bangabandhu said love for the people was his qualification.
‘When David Frost asked Bangabandhu what is his disqualification, then Bangabandhu replied that excessive love for the people was his disqualification,’ said Sheikh Hasina, the elder daughter of Sheikh Mujib.
The prime minister said Bangabandhu had wanted to give beautiful life to the people after bringing them freedom. ‘It is our bad luck that he could not leave by building the country. Bangladesh would have been a developed and prosperous nation and stood as an example in the world had Bangabandhu got some time,’ she lamented.
Sheikh Hasina said it was very difficult for building a war-ravaged nation within a short time. But those who criticised Bangabandhu didn’t give him any time and actually by doing this they strengthened the hands of the anti-liberation forces, she said.
‘Through criticism and writings they created the background for snatching the life of Bangabandhu through the August 15 carnage,’ she added.
Elaborating various steps Bangabandhu had taken for rebuilding the war-ravaged nation, Sheikh Hasina said Bangabandhu did everything in every field. ‘He established all organisations necessary for the country, and framed all relevant laws and time was needed for him to implement those laws,’ she said.
The premier said Bangabandhu had taken measures to give scope to the people for their survival. ‘But he was not given time ...nobody gave him this time,’ she said.