Talma Union Awami League Chairman Delwara Begum held a press conference, seeking help from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the security of lives of her two sons and leaders, activists of Saltha Awami League. The press conference was held at a restaurant in Faridpur city at 11 am on Saturday.
Meanwhile, on behalf Chairman Delwara Begum, her son, a member of the subcommittee on information and research of the Bangladesh Awami League, the director of the Jumna Group, Adv. Md. Jamal Hossain Mia read the written statement.
It is said in the written statement that we are always working as a dedicated Awami League family of Nagarkanda and Saltha upazilas. Now during this difficult period for the party, we are facing various attacks and lawsuits.
My late husband is a heroic freedom fighter and has been the chairman of Talma Union for a long time. In that vein, my two sons Jamal Hossain and Kamal Hossain have been leading the Awami League in Nagarkanda and Saltha respectively.
Enraged at their popularity, Shahdab Akbar Labu and the infiltrators from BNP and Jamaat are attacking and harassing our freedom fighter family. For their life’s security, the Awami League workers with my two sons are now in hiding. Honourable Prime Minister, you are the only one who can save our lives now.
At the same time, she sought the intervention of the Superintendent of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Faridpur.
District council member Kamal Hossain Mia, Talma Awami League president Taibur Rahman, general secretary Siraj Khalifa, municipal Awami League general secretary Younus Sheikh, Sabbir Sardar besides a large number of leaders and activists from Nagarkanda and Saltha, journalists working in print and electronic media in Faridpur were present at the press conference.