BNP, allies protest govt move
Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies on Wednesday strongly protested the government’s move to scrap the Bir Uttam gallantry title of their party founder Ziaur Rahman.
They also described the move as a stigma to the Liberation War.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir described the move to repeal the Bir Uttam gallantry title of their party founder Ziaur Rahman as a stigma to the Liberation War.
“I think the decision of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council to repeal the gallantry title conferred on Zia has been taken completely out of political vengeance,”
he said while talking to a news agency. Fakhrul, now in Singapore for treatment, also said those who took this decision ‘don’t have respect’ for the Liberation War.
“They are against independence, the Liberation War and completely against freedom fighters. The War of Independence has been stigmatised with this decision. I strongly condemn and protest such a move,” he said.
Meanwhile, the leaders and activists of the party brought out a torch procession protesting the move on Wednesday evening. The procession was started from Purana Paltan area in the capital.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahamd led the procession.
On the other hand, Dr Fariduzzaman Farhad, President of the National People’s Party (NPP), an ally of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, strongly protested the government’s move.
In statement, he said that the ruling Awami League led government has taken the decision to hide its misrule.”
The Jatiya Muktijoddha Council at a meeting on Tuesday decided to scrap the gallantry award of Ziaur Rahman for ‘violating’ the constitution, ‘abetting’ the self-proclaimed killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, in escaping the country.
The meeting also decided to repeal the state-given awards to four convicted killers of Sheikh Mujib- Noor Chowdhury, Shariful Haque Dalim, Mosleh Uddin and Rashed Chowdhury.
Bir Uttam, the second-highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh, was conferred on Ziaur Rahman for his contributions to the Liberation War as a sector commander.
Mirza Fakhrul said of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council took that move to divert people’s attention from the government’s ‘misdeeds and corruption that are getting surfaced in various ways.’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies on Wednesday strongly protested the government’s move to scrap the Bir Uttam gallantry title of their party founder Ziaur Rahman.
They also described the move as a stigma to the Liberation War.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir described the move to repeal the Bir Uttam gallantry title of their party founder Ziaur Rahman as a stigma to the Liberation War.
“I think the decision of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council to repeal the gallantry title conferred on Zia has been taken completely out of political vengeance,”
he said while talking to a news agency. Fakhrul, now in Singapore for treatment, also said those who took this decision ‘don’t have respect’ for the Liberation War.
“They are against independence, the Liberation War and completely against freedom fighters. The War of Independence has been stigmatised with this decision. I strongly condemn and protest such a move,” he said.
Meanwhile, the leaders and activists of the party brought out a torch procession protesting the move on Wednesday evening. The procession was started from Purana Paltan area in the capital.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahamd led the procession.
On the other hand, Dr Fariduzzaman Farhad, President of the National People’s Party (NPP), an ally of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, strongly protested the government’s move.
In statement, he said that the ruling Awami League led government has taken the decision to hide its misrule.”
The Jatiya Muktijoddha Council at a meeting on Tuesday decided to scrap the gallantry award of Ziaur Rahman for ‘violating’ the constitution, ‘abetting’ the self-proclaimed killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, in escaping the country.
The meeting also decided to repeal the state-given awards to four convicted killers of Sheikh Mujib- Noor Chowdhury, Shariful Haque Dalim, Mosleh Uddin and Rashed Chowdhury.
Bir Uttam, the second-highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh, was conferred on Ziaur Rahman for his contributions to the Liberation War as a sector commander.
Mirza Fakhrul said of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council took that move to divert people’s attention from the government’s ‘misdeeds and corruption that are getting surfaced in various ways.’
