Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj, son of Bangladesh's first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmad – one of the four national leaders killed inside Dhaka Central Jail 80 days after the assassination of Bangabandhu, has announced a march towards the Parliament Building on Monday to press home his three-point demands.
He earlier marched towards Ganabhaban, the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on April 10 this year over the same demands.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Shohel Taj, a former state minister of the ruling party, said he would submit a memorandum to the parliament speaker after parading the Manik Mia Avenue around 3pm.
He reiterated his demands that April 10 is observed as the country's Republic Day, November 3 as a state day, and the contributions of the four national leaders and all other important persons and the complete history of the 1971 Liberation War be incorporated in the syllabus of all levels of education with due respect and importance.
The provisional government of Bangldesh was formed on April 10 and the office-bearers took oath on April 17, the Mujibnagar Day.
Syed Nazrul Islam was made the acting president of Bangladesh as Bangabandhu was facing a military trial in Pakistan, M Monsur Ali finance minister, and HM Qamruzzaman took oath as home, and relief and rehabilitation minister. Tajuddin and the trio – all close aides of Bangabandhu – refused to join the cabinet of the killers, and were assassinated in jail on November 3.
Currently, November 3 is observed as Jail Killing Day by the Awami League of Bangladesh and many other political organisations every year.
In 2004, a trial court handed punishments to 11 perpetrators for the killings.
Among them, Captain Abdul Majed, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Jail Killing case, was executed for his conviction in the case over the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The other 10 convicts are still fugitives.