Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud has said that Sheikh Mujib is not the father of the nation, but rather a symbolic medium for establishing Awami fascism.
He made the statement in a post from his verified Facebook account on Wednesday evening.
In the post, Asif Mahmud wrote, “The people of a country will determine who the father of the nation is, not any fascist political party."
He further wrote: "If the people of the country considered Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation, the revolutionary students and people wouldn’t have destroyed his statue on August 5. Sheikh Mujib is not the Father of the Nation; he is a symbolic medium for establishing Awami fascism.”
On Wednesday morning, the interim government announced that they are canceling eight national days, including National Mourning Day, Children’s Day, and the historic March 7.
The cancellation of the March 7 has sparked widespread discussions and criticism on social media.
Meanwhile, Information Adviser Nahid Islam stated that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is certainly not the father of the nation.
He said: “We are not erasing March 7 from history. We are not erasing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's significance from history. What the Awami League did will be objectively rewritten in history. The practice of celebrating these days as national events has political dimensions, and the government born of the people’s uprising cannot let that politics continue. This will not remain in the New Bangladesh.”
Saying that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is certainly not the father of the nation, he added: "Many people played roles in this land; many fought."
