Speakers at a discussion meeting yesterday said some active fundamentalist and communal forces in the country often try to destroy the relationship between India and Bangladesh.
The forces were defeated during the country’s liberation war in 1971. Their such attempts will also not be successful today, they said.
The speakers were addressing a programme titled ‘Bangladesh-India Friendship and Regional Security’ at the auditorium of Women’s Voluntary Association in the capital.
Anti-war crimes platforms Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee [Committee for Eradicating the Killers and Collaborators of ‘71] and Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 jointly organised the programme to mark the historic December 6.
The speakers also said the December 6 is a memorable day for the country as India and Bhutan gave diplomatic acknowledgment to the independent Bangladesh on the day.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Muntasir Mamun said some 30 lakh people were killed regardless of nationality, religion, language, sex and wealth during the country’s liberation war in 1971.
“At that time, India gave shelter to our 1 crore homeless people,” he said.
“About 17,000 Indian forces were killed during the war in order to make the Bangladesh free,” he added.
To make a country independent, this was a rare example in the world history, Muntasir said.
“However, staying in India Jamaat-e-Islami and its associate forces are now hatching conspiracies against the country’s security and the security in the South Asian region,” he added.
With Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Vice President Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury in the chair, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Bangladesh Sandeep Chakraborty, educationist Mamataz Latif, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minority General Secretary Rabindranath Tribedi were also present at the programme.