Bangladesh
Mujibnagar Day Achieved independence must be upheld: PM Hasina
Dhaka, April 17: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the freedom gained at the cost of the highest sacrifices, three million martyrs and two hundred thousand tortured mothers and sisters should be upheld.
In a message issued on the occasion of the historic Mujibnagar Day on April 17, she said, "My call on the 50th anniversary of Mujibnagar Day is to uphold the freedom gained in return for the highest sacrifices, but also for the respect of three million martyrs and two lakh tortured mothers and sisters." The Father of the Nation dreamed of building a non-communal, hunger-free and prosperous' Golden Bangladesh ', I will resist all conspiracies and play a united role in realizing that dream, InshaAllah.'
Referring to the historic 'Mujibnagar Day' as an unforgettable day in the life of the Bengali nation, the Prime Minister said the first provisional government of independent Bangladesh was sworn in on this day in 1971 at Arkanan of Vaidyanathtala in the then Meherpur subdivision.
She remembered with deep respect the architect of independent Bangladesh, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She remembered with gratitude the four national leaders - Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam, Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed, Shahid Mohammad Mansur Ali and Shahid AHM Kamaruzzaman. She paid homage to the memory of 3 million martyrs and 2 lakh tortured mothers and sisters of the liberation war.
The Prime Minister said, "On August 15, 1975, three and a half years after independence, the anti-independence forces killed the father of the nation and his family. On November 3, the National Charneta, which led the liberation war, was also brutally killed in jail. After that there was no democracy in Bangladesh for long 21 years. After the formation of the government in 1996, we have tried the murder of the father of the nation and four other national leaders. '
Referring to the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after the re-formation of the government in 2009, Sheikh Hasina said, "We have stopped illegal seizure of power through the 15th amendment to the constitution." In the last twelve years since then, we have made unprecedented progress in all indicators of development. We have brought the poverty rate below 20.5 percent. We have adopted the 'Zero Tolerance Policy' to eradicate militancy and terrorism. We have already made Bangladesh a developing country. We have started adopting and implementing the second perspective plan to achieve the 'Sustainable Development Goals' by 2030 and to build a prosperous and prosperous Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty by 2041. We have formulated the Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100 and started its implementation. '
