Speakers at a discussion called upon the government to take initiative to observe the birth and death anniversaries of country’s legendary leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani officially.
They made the call at a discussion at Jadu Mia auditorium at Nayapaltan in the capital on Thursday. Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) arranged the discussion marking 139th birth anniversary of Maulana Bhasani, who is also founder of the party.
NAP Secretary General M Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan presided over the discussion while the party’s Dhaka city president Shahdunnabi Dablu conducted the porgramme. It was attended, among others, by president of National Democratic League MA Jalil, NDP secretary general M Manzur Hossain Isa, Dhaka city Awami League leader ASM Mostafa Kamal, JSD leader Humayun Kabir, NAP Vice Chairman Swapan Kumar Saha, Joint Secretary General Atiqur Rahman, Ehsanul Haque Jasim, organising secretary Kamal Bhuiyan, the party leader Eklasul Haque, Shamim Bhuiyan, Sadia Islam Eman and Habibur Rahman.
Earlier, the NAP leaders and others paid homage to Maulana Bhashani by placing wreath at his portrait.
In his speech, Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan has said that Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was the mass leader who always worked for establishing the rights of farmers and workers as well as the common people. The country’s legendary leader always took stand against imperialism and fought against misrule and misdeeds. We failed to pay due respect to the leader. He should be remembered by the government with due respect, he added.
He also said that Maulana Bhashani played a vital role in Language Movement, Mass Uprising of 1969, Bangladesh War of Liberation and other issues. But we are not paying due respect to him. His contributions are not evaluated properly. We should follow the ideals of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani for a better Bangladesh, he added.
